Headed to Brentaal system. Four days in transit.

On board: 10 wookies, 2 crew, 3 living PCs, Juella, 2 droids. Consumables for 140 man-days.

As Xutik starts his repairs after a day or so, he accidentally shorts something in the hyperdrive, causing a malfunction. We zoom forward too rapidly and drop out of hyperspace along the way - the nav computer tells us we're in the Corsin system.

We opt to jump forward and leave the Corsin system behind.

Two and a half days of repairs - 5 points per hour... The ship is a bit better than halfway repaired when we drop into the Brentaal system. (45 out of 80 HP).

Used 52.5 man-days of consumables.

Signal from Jisela ... her ship is in the asteroids outside Bestine IV. Cain is from there and knows it's a water planet with a bit of aquaculture. The capital is the only place with any population. Dran'liss estimates it will take less than 4 days to get there.

We head to Brentaal and pick up a lot of docking port beacons. Dran'liss requests the cheapest star port for us. Vortraad Independent Starport is where we are sent. It's an organized thing - ads, rules, etc are sent to our computer.

After docking Dran'liss heads out and sells all the bits of Gree artifacts, but keeps the bigger cylinder. He can't move any azurite here, the market is saturated for now.

Cain heads out to find the local underworld haunts wearing his leather coat and wide brimmed hat. He tracks down some members of the Vurha's Blood in a shady bar. Cain gets a drink and waits til one is looking his way, and makes a Blood handsign for news. The Blood guy looks interested and gestures him over. These guys are local, likely mid-level sorts. He lets them know he has some info, willing to pass it along for minimal reimbursement. Cain gets sent to "The Accountant" - an address in office towers.

Cain heads up into the office towers. He takes his hat off, but leaves his headscarf on - covering up his indenture mark. An attractive human secretary guides him to an office where a sort of businessman looking guy. Cain has done what he can to clean up, but the man isn't phased by the scruffy look. Cain passes on the news that Bandoor was attacked by the Sith and azurite shipments will be delayed - while helping himself to the man's alcohol.

Cain gets the impression that the man is getting antsy for Cain to leave so he can start exploiting the information. The man offers credits or tradeable commodities. Cain arranges to get some weapons for our wookie companions delivered to our docking bay. Cain thanks him and leaves. As he's closing the door he can hear the man already picking up the comm.

When the delivery is made it's a few crates - 3 bowcasters, 6 blaster pistols, and 3 blaster rifles, power cells, and a bottle of Corellian brandy and some nice foodstuffs.

Xutik has been sending out for spare parts (using credits from Dran'liss). It takes him most of the day but he also takes an hour to paint a big smiling yellow Voroos on the side of the ship.

We then take off and jump to hyperspace. It'll take about 30 hours.

Cain proposes a toast. Meanwhile Maruk is angry and feels like there's something wrong with the ship.

Maruk knocked out while he's working on the engines - electricity. He's dead when we get there - Xutik tries to revive him but ends up hurting him more. Finally Cain gets him back alive and off the sick bay with an automated medkit. But Maruk isn't looking good.

Xutik spends some time on the ships computer - uploads the data from the datapad and starts decrypting it. It doesn't take him long - floor plans for a Genetech Droid Factory on Mechis III, shift schedules, bank account info. Note - "Very concerned they have found out about my escape plans, please hurry."

We drop out of hyperspace into the Bestine system. Wick comes up and fiddles with the computer, changes the transponder so we report as a science ship.

We start cruising the asteroid belt. Xutik working the sensors. He detects a coded message in a signal hidden in background. It's in an asteroid in the deep part of the ring. We also catch the signature of another ship entering the system - possibly the one looking to trade with the pirates Jisela is currently with.

Cain easily maneuvers the Voroos into the asteroid field closer to the signal. As he tries to fly into the asteroid he scrapes a wing against the cave wall - damaging the ship. In the cave is a Corellian Corvette (not actually a corvette - a smaller transport/freighter), battle scarred.

Only one person is in the Corvette. Dran'liss gets on the radio - Jisela is on the other ship. The pirates are deeper in the cave dealing with their cargo. As the ship settles down, mynocks fly off the corvette and toward the Voroos. The PCs and a couple of wookies going running down the ramp to fend off the mynocks.

In a hail of blaster and bowcaster fire, one of the mynocks is wounded and another is killed. Then the mynocks fly in and start trying to chew on the people shooting at them. The non-wookies back away and keep blasting, the wookies start clubbing them with their bowcasters. The mynocks then fly past us and start chewing on the ship's power cables.

We fire at the mynocks - Dran'liss kills one. Xutik's pistol runs out of ammo and he dashes into the ship for a blaster rifle. The wookies climb up onto the ship and start clubbing the mynocks. One of the wookies falls from the ship. More blaster fire. Xutik comes running out of the ship with a blaster rifle and sits down and fires - knocking a mynock from the ship and killing it. A few more blaster bolts finish of the mynocks. We dash over to the corvette.

As we arrive, the corvette's docking ramp opens and the Jisela greets us and thanks us for fixing the ship. A quick discussion ensues.

This ship may need a few hours of work to be able to fly thanks to the mynocks. A brief conversation ensues. We may not be able to lift of the corvette before the pirates return or the buyers arrive... but we may be able to take the pirate cargo, sell to the buyers, and take the ship.

Sneaking ahead by Dran'liss and Cain, followed by 6 wookies. Xutik remains behind to check out the corvette's systems.

The sneakers reach an airlock in a shipping container which is half embedded in the wall of an asteroid. The airlock is locked. Cain can't crack it so they call back for Jisela to blast it with the corvette's lasers. Boom!

Dran'liss, Cain, and wookies head into the smoking remains of the airlock as the atmosphere floods out. About 15 m down the corridor, they come to a small natural cavern - 5 pirates there in space suits. One is on the ground, two looking at him, two headed toward the corridor.

Cain and Dran'liss hide in the cavern and aim. Cain opens fire and drops one of the pirates heading toward them. Dran'liss fires and hurts a pirate in full heavy armor. The other pirates are alerted by the bright flashes and the comm of the wounded pirate. They return fire but miss the PCs who are prone or in cover behind a rock. The wookies charge out into the cavern and start firing - missing or the blasters bouncing off the pirate's heavy armor.

Cain aims while Dran'liss fires at the armored pirate who dodges. The pirates scramble behind cover and the wookies give chase. Cain shoots the armored pirate in the head and drops him. Cain calls out over the comm - all channels - to convince the pirates to surrender. "Surrender if you want to keep your arms and legs!"

The pirates drop their blasters and are taken captive (and cuffed) - the bodies of the others are taken as evidence for bounties. Cain, "You guys are just as valuable dead as alive, so don't make me don't anything." A quick check of the chamber reveals the loot the pirates were dealing with. Checking out the loot reveals a few blaster rifles, mining lasers, a repulsor sled, 40 cases of Trandrillian brandy (not tariff stamped), a few cases of frag grenades.

Cain interrogates the pirates - buyers are a ship called the Peerless. Just then Jisela calls from the Lost Lover, the buyers are here to buy the frag grenades. The pirates say that it was for 5000 credits. The grenade crates are loaded onto the sled. Cain verifies this is the first time the buyers have dealt with the pirates.

Cain and Dran'liss walk out with the sled. Another ship flies in - four Zabrak males with yellow skin and black tattoos disembark. Another tremor and rocks fall from the ceiling. Cain shows the merchandise, they make the trade - 5000 in Hutt credits. Then the head back to the Peerless and leave.

The pirates are hauled out and put in their own brig (the codes are changed).

Decisions are made. Jisela gets her ship and crew and 20 cases of brandy.

We get the Lost Lover, the 5000 credits, 10 wookies, Juella Vet, 3 captured pirates, 2 dead pirates (in the vacuum cargo hold). Xutik transfers his decrypted data over to the Lost Lover's computer. Plus a suit of armor from the dead pirate.

As things are being finished, there is another powerful tremor shakes the asteroid. The Voroos lifts off and flies out of the cavern. Sunder Cain hops behind the stick and lifts the Lost Lover off the ground and clears the mouth of the cavern just as tidal forces rip the asteroid apart.

Just as we clear, a proximity alarm sounds. Comm chatter - "We've got you now Gorf!" We comm chatter back - offer them Gorf and his buddies and a case of brandy to boot, explaining that we just took the ship. They just want Gorf and the brandy.

The ships dock, we give them Gorf and the brandy. They're appreciative. Given to Darvin Hall of the Bounding Lass. Cain tells him he's looking for Markessir Cain. Hall doesn't know him but if he finds something out, he'll let Cain know.

Ship has a nice subspace transmitter, so Xutik uses it to send the encrypted file to his contact.