Episode Thirty-Four

A few days later the Nightjar rendezvoused with a Republic Corvette which escorted Lando back to Hosnian Prime for medical attention. During the meeting the party spoke with Ahsoka Tano via holo-communication. She explained that the Revanites were busy assembling knowledge from important force sites around the galaxy in the hopes of giving the Republic an edge for the coming battle. As such, they didn’t have time to track their missing member, Marek, and hoped the Nightjar could bring him in. Ahsoka warned that Marek was skittish, and had become obsessed with force echoes of his old master, Darth Vader. She said the crew could likely find him on the ice planet, Rakkiad.

A week later the Nightjar landed outside an icy mountain on Rakkiad, as a strong force presence called out to Conrad and Naix. Inside the dark cave the crew encountered a family of Wampas, but Jasper spoke with them and convinced them to let them pass. An unnatural stone wall with three openings blocked their path and the crew deduced they’d need to fill the spaces in order to proceed. Naix located the first key across broken ice platforms: a small carved candle that emanated faint force energy. However, as he retrieved it, a massive Ravinak sprang from below the ice and dragged Naix into the frigid water. Conrad and Jasper jumped in after him but could not find Naix. Frozen from the cold, they exited the water and warmed themselves before they continued their search for Naix on land. Meanwhile, the Ravinak surfaced in another area of the cave with Naix in its mouth, and Naix was able to drive it away with several blasts from the his slugthrower.

The crew reunited, and Jasper flew ahead to locate the second key. He found it was situated beyond a Krykna spider nest, and after blasting them with his flame thrower he flew away without the key. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew approached the tunnel with the Wampas. Naix planned to sneak by them invisibly, but Conrad initiated combat instead. The party managed to hold their own against the beasts, and as the Alpha Wampa grappled Conrad, Naix cut off its arm with his darksaber! Jasper flew down the tunnel to recover the third key, but was attacked by the wounded Ravinak. The battle took a turn for the worse as a fleeing Jub-Jub slipped into the frozen water, and the Ravinak knocked Jasper unconscious. Though Naix was able to kill the Alpha Wampa, he was soon knocked unconscious by one of the other Wampas.