White Star: Star Rogues campaign ep. 1

 

Episode 1: The Hunt

Quadrant 44 finds itself in a state calm as the Galactic Consortium holds primary control with the majority of the sixteen sectors under Red Shift authority. The remnants of the Solar Alliance and their allies holding Blue Shift authority on the remaining sectors. For the average citizens of the Quadrant, this makes daily life a bit less of a hassle. 

Player:

Steven - Argenti Root , Bounty Hunter Class 1

Sector Location: 

Red Shift - Kelron Sector - Argon Station - Vector 14/33

Argenti gets his first bounty from Kellic Van the Guild contact. His target is a minor criminal named Tenebris wanted for Piracy, Smuggling, & ID forgery. He is wanted Dead or Alive by the Consortium and has a reward of 1,000CR.

Kellic: Look kid, this should be a good one for you and I know you need the creds.

Kellic Van

Argenti: Thanks, this will help get me out of the hole I'm in. I don't want to end up working off my debts at Brinn Alpha* that's for sure.

Kellic: Nobody wants that kid. Here's all the data on Tenebris last known whereabouts. Good luck.

[ Argenti makes use of his Master Tracker ability and soon uncovers a trail that leads him to the Gizon system along the border of the Kohn Asteroid Belt. The main planet is a large Gas giant with a pair of moons, upon which one of them has a small out of the way mining colony and a Delta Class docking station. The moon is designated as Gildor 1, no major authority planet-side other than Mining Co. enforcers.]  

Boarding his small ship Argenti sets course for the Gizon system and Gildor 1.  The trip will take seven days in hyperspace. 

Sector Location:

Red Shift - Kelron Sector - Gizon System - Vector 16/21 

Argenti has been able to determine that Tenebris is running a contraband scheme on Gildor 1. The Bounty Hunter decides to check out the Delta Class docking station first as the most likely place to get current lead on the target, as dealing with the Mining Co. officials could be touchy. 

Argenti opts to land out of sight of the docking station and approach on foot. This turns out to be a good plan as he soon sees a couple of thugs roaming the landing pads as if on guard duty. The Bounty Hunter sneaks closer and eventually gets the drop on the pair and holds them at gunpoint.

Argenti: I'm not looking for trouble fellas, just here for Tenebris. If you tell me where I can find him and stay out of my way I won't add you to my contract.

Thug 1: Hands up, "No worries here, he ain't paying me enough anyway."

Thug 2: "He's in the Bunk shack over there. Cheated me out of my last creds in cards last night. we'll stay out of your way, I could run this crew better anyhow."

The pair back into an empty hanger bay and close the door on themselves, watching Argenti with dark eyes.

The Bounty Hunter decides to check out the rest of the hanger/repair building before moving on to the Bunk shack. Better safe than sorry he thinks.

A shoot-out with another Thug happens inside the repair bay and Argenti discovers the Dockmaster being held prisoner in a supply closet.

Jasper Sladek: "Thank goodness you came along, the leader said they were going to get rid of me soon! I don't have much to offer in creds but I can do some tech work for you if you help me take these guys out."

"Jasper" art by Julio Grimaldo

Jasper the Dock master tells Argenti how the gang moved and took over his station and have been running illegal contraband into the Mining facility. They know their time is almost up and planned to kill Jasper and evac the location in the next day or so. Argenti accepts his offer and the alien says he will back up the Hunter as best he can by causing distractions and laying down cover fire.

With Jasper's help Argenti is able to enter the Bunk shack via the backdoor as the dock master draws out the remaining thugs. The fire fight took a turn for the worst as Tenebris turned out to be pretty tough. Jasper took a hit for Argenti which allowed the Bounty Hunter to get in an attack that put the gang boss down. 

Argenti also took out the pair of thugs who hid in the hanger earlier after informing them he had been paid for a job and they were the target.

Jasper administered first aid to himself and Argenti as they had taken quite a beating during the fight. The old alien also hooked Argenti up with a beat up mech-bot R3-K8 in thanks for saving his life and dispatching the space scum.

Returning to Argon station Argenti collects his bounty and is able to get himself out of debt with a few creds to spare.

Kellic: Good job kid, I might have something else for you. I'm assembling a crew for an extraction job, you interested?

Argenti: How much does it pay?

Stay tuned for more White Star action.....