X marks the Spot

[Trakaton Kalkoran]

Accessing Public File; Downloading from 'Trakaton;Kalkoran'

Download Complete; Displaying File:

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Public Call for Operation Team Assembly

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Attached to the file would be a prerecorded holomessage that when selected would play. Trakaton's form would blaze to life in the classic display of a holographic transmission, the electric blue tinge accenting some features while diminishing others. Trakaton would be stood with his arms folded across his armoured chest, the cloak hanging loosely from his shoulders and the custom-fit plates of the armour looking as comfortable as an embrace. The scar on the right side of his face would be barely visible, his head ever so slightly turned to the right and he'd speak with a tone of authority:

"Since our resurgence, the Sith Empire has been both contested and amplified by pirates. Grand Admiral Harridax Kirill, otherwise known as the Voidwolf, was an Admiral who started his career as an Imperial Privateer before being promoted up through the Imperial Navy to reach such an esteemed rank. He gathered together a fleet of pirates at the apex of the fighting on Corellia, only for his flagship to be infiltrated and him killed. The Voidwolf's pirate fleet dissipated back to separate corners of the galaxy, with no single strong leader for them to follow.
With the onset of the war, once again the role of Imperial Privateers has become one of esteemed importance. Smuggling, stealing and destroying assets of the Republic in the name of the Sith Empire, it is one such Privateer's death that has caught the eye of the Horuset Powerbase.
Gaichar Zel, known in his immediate circles by his callsign 'Wayfarer' was recently killed and his possessions were stolen and sold on the black market. Of note and importance to me, is his datapad and decryption cipher. Rumours have persisted that Gaichar had on his datapad the location of his stash that contained many of the items that he had 'liberated' from the Republic and Jedi Order, including lightsaber crystals, mountains of credits and access codes to several Republic systems.
The objective of the operation is simple, the decryption cipher has resurfaced on the planet of Tatooine in the town of Mos Ila in the hands of a dockworker by the name of 'Tannis Quinn'. See the cipher recovered at any cost of life. Those who succeed in such an operation, will earn my favour."

With that the hologram would flicker and then fade from view. Leaving the viewer able to access the rest of the information provided.

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Location: Tatooine, Mos Ila.

((OOCly: The operation can use Tatooine, Mos Ila spaceport directly!))

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The Cipher: The Cipher is a small cylindrical metallic device that has a crystal matrix built into it to hold the complex algorithms used to encrypt and decrypt Wayfarer's Datapad. Rusted in colour, the object doesn't look like much save for the scannable ID on the base that tracks it to be owned by Gaichar Zel. Last heard to be in the hands of a dockworker, how they acquired it remains a mystery.

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Objectives: In this task there will be one primary objective and two secondary objectives.

Primary Objective I: Acquire the Decryption Cipher.

Secondary Objective I: Find out any leads, if any exist, onto the location of Gaichar's datapad.

Secondary Objective II: Ensure that the acquiring of the cipher goes unnoticed by the galactic community, otherwise unpleasant types will track the participants down.

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Time Frame: The team will have 28 days to complete the task before it is expected that another group will take the Cipher from the dockworker
((The 11th of April will be the deadline!))

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Estimated Party Size: The recommendation of Lord Kalkoran is that a party size of no more than four will be necessary to intimidate a mere dockworker.

((Four means start planning when to set a date for the Operation at four people with a hard cap of absolutely no more than four participants))

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Spoiler: OOC Notes for the GM!

GM please get in contact with me OOC so I can go over some of the more intricate details of the Operation with yourself!

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Verifying Public File;

Verification Complete; File Completed

[Trakaton Kalkoran]

((Originally posted by AcolyteElias Zotam. The following report was sent directly to Lord Kalkoran's public inbox, it isn't widely available. Members of the conservancy or others who can see saved documents on Acolyte's datapads could access it, should they wish.))

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X Marks the Spot - Mission Report

- Acolyte Zotam

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Preparation:
In order to secure our identities I decided to try and secure disguises, especially for the Pureblooded, as the criminal and underworld parts of Tatooine can be very anti Imperial to my knowledge. It was also decided to try and secure vibroswords, in case combat was to happen. On my own initiative I sought a meeting with Apprentice Joslae, and she agreed to provide the necessary equipment in order to boost the success chances of her Master's mission.

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Deployment:
Myself (Acolyte Zotam) and Acolytes Zikarn, Mayaz and Lyrua deployed to Tatooine. I took the initiative to try and take a leading role. It was then that a ruckus between a Weequay male and a dock worker was observed, spotting me watching he called me out so I chose to make a scene before 'backing down' and leaving, so he didn't consider me a threat. During this we heard him call the dock worker Tannis. After I took my leave I told Lyrua, the only one not wearing a mask, to charm the dock worker. Eventually he asked her for a drink.

We trailed them to a back alley bar, I told Mayaz to cover one exit whilst myself and Zikarn went to the other exit. I stood eavesdropping on the conversation between Lyrua and Tannis, while Zikarn watched to ensure the Weequay male didn't follow us. Upon hearing Tannis' attempt to flirt by saying she looked like a dancer I used the comms to tell Lyrua to offer him a dance somewhere more private. He took her back to his home.

Away from onlookers the rest of us barged into his home, using my skills in augmentation and natural strength from my prior life I lifted him from the floor and slammed him into the wall. After some... interrogation, he told us everything he knew. He won the cylinder from a Devaronian male, no scars or damaged horns, with pink-reddish skin who was gambling at the Mos Ila Spaceport. He then told us he traded the cylinder with some Jawa.

We forced Tannis to take us to the Jawa where we exchanged the technology components he previously traded for the cylinder, and I used some credits we looted from his place to purchase water so we could survive the desert. Tannis was... left to his devices in the desert. No witnesses.

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Conclusion:
- The cylinder was retrieved, with no witnesses and minimal bloodshed.
- The only known lead is the Devaronian male of an unknown name. The spaceport has a registry office. With a Lord's clearance the cctv and incoming/outgoing logs could be used to identify the male and track further leads for the datapad.
- Callsigns were used for communication, Hendric (myself), Spike (Zikarn), Twitch (Mayaz) and Face (Lyrua) to ensure names weren't revealed for possible tracking of Horuset forces