Episode Five

The party returns to the Nightjar with Thalia, Gage, and a nerf, in tow. Gage repairs the hyperdrive and the ship begins the short trip to neighboring D’Qar. During the flight Gage repurposes a speaker to translate Jub-Jub into Galactic Basic for Jasper. She also attempts to wipe J2W1’s memory to reset him, but discovers that he has some sort of block; however, she also discovers that he has a secret chest cannon and something stuck between one of his ribs. Kass talks with Thalia about recovering Queen Amidala’s body, and with Conrad about getting the holocron once Conrad is done with it—Conrad tells him that he won’t sell it to the Imperials, but Kass will have to collect it when he’s dead. Jasper, Naix, and Conrad agree to split the 10,000 credit bounty on the Tie Fighter pilot (40% Conrad, 30% Jasper, 30% Naix).

The Nightjar lands in a Naboo refugee camp on D’Qar, after observing dozens of wrecked ships in the surrounding area. A helpful guard tells them that refugees escaping the Imperials have been shuttling from Naboo to D’Qar for a few weeks, but have no way off the planet. They briefly meet with Kass’s distant relative, the wealthy Senator Amadeus Amidala, who shares his disgust over the theft of Queen Amidala’s body, and that he’s trying to get to Coruscant, but he knows nothing of the surrounding area beyond the numerous wildlife attacks.

The party begins the 5-mile hike into the dense jungle, following Naix’s coordinates for the crashed Tie Fighter. Along the way they realize they are being tracked by a pack of carnivorous jungle cats, called Nexu. Eventually the party find their way to the crash site, where the Nexu have trapped a Mandalorian up a steep hill. The party defeats the pack and rescues the Mandalorian, who agrees to take them to his leader, Argus.