will you?" She is clearly uncomfortable with such at-
tention, but lacks the confidence to forcefully request
that he leave her alone. She mutters some polite but
restrained rejection to him in Rodian. Spir ignores her
discomfort. He can't understand Rodian anyway.
If the PCs still don't show any interest, Spir begins
to brag more loudly, saying the following.
"Hey. you ought to show a little more apprecia-
tion, baby. This ain't some scuzzy scrap dealer of-
fering you company. I'm an important guy around
these parts, yeah? You be a bit more friendly and
it'll be to your advantage, yeah?"Now Zukata is keen to get away, and looks implor-
ing around the bar to see if she can find some reason
to excuse herself. Hopefully the PCs have made some
sort of effort to dissuade Spir by this point, but if they
haven't, she finds a pretext for talking to them. For
example, she approaches a Rodian or droid PC asking
if they can translate for her, or strikes up a conversa-
tion with a female PC in the hopes of some support.
Whether the PCs intervene or whether Zukata ap-
proaches them, Spir sees them as a frustrating ob-
stacle and subjects them to verbal abuse.
"Hey bach off will you. us two are getting to know
one another. Mind your own business if you know
what's good for you. yeah?"If the PCs meet Spir with violence or abuse of their
own he is happy to start a fight. How the situation
develops depends on the PCs' response.
- PCs keep cool and are polite to Spir: In this
situation, he subjects them to a few more insults
and then loses his nerve. "You scuzzy bums ought
to be more careful about who you offend, but this
ain't worth my time." The three smugglers finish
their drinks and leave the bar. - PCs engage in verbal sparring: If a PC bandies
harsh words with Spir and passes a Coercion check
opposed by Discipline, Spir loses his nerve as out-
lined above. If the PC fails the test, Spir matches
insult for insult and escalates things into a fist fight,
if possible, by throwing a punch at the nearest PC. - PCs engage in fist fight: Cut backs Spir up, but
Daro leaves the cantina. Spir and the Weequay fight
the PCs until either one of them is incapacitated.
At this point, they break off and follow Daro. Other
cantina patrons take cover and hope for the best. - PCs turn weapons on Spir: Daro and Cut back
Spir, but Daro stays near the door and flees if ei-
ther is incapacitated or killed. Other NPCs react
as described above.
Whatever occurs at this juncture, the CM should
ensure that Daro escapes with no more than minor
injuries and that Zukata suffers no harm.
At this point, Zukata thanks the PCs profusely."Thank you for dealing with him. If there is some
way I could repay you I would be happy to do you
a favor. I have a little money—perhaps you would
like some food and drink?"Zukata is happy enough to leave the conversation
here if the PCs don't wish to talk. However, if they ask
her what she is doing on Formos, she complains that
she has been tasked with verifying the accuracy of an
updated electronic atlas of the galaxy to be produced
on Rodia, taking her to all sorts of backwater worlds.
Zukata is fairly bored and frustrated with her predica-
ment, and willing to engage in any of the following
topics the PCs bring up.- We have heard of a droid with comprehensive
data about the Kessel Run. 7s that RA-W9?
Yes, I have heard of him also. Part of the reason
I am here was in the hope of tracking him down."
Zukata goes on to explain that she would very
much like to offer the droid or its owner a reward
of 2,000 credits if the information he holds is ac-
curate and he is willing to share it. - This atlas—it wouldn't be anything to do
with bounty hunting, would it? "Well, yes. The
organization I am working for plans to produce
a series of products, atlases, navigation units,
upgrades for droids, and so on. These would be
aimed at providing Rodian bounty hunters with
pertinent information about areas of the galaxy
favored by outlaws and criminals." - We have heard of a Rodian bounty hunter on
the trail of Bandin Dobah. "Indeed. I know of
him, not personally but by reputation. Godon Ne-
takka is his name. He is a reckless young man, and
he got himself into a lot of debt buying the equip-
ment needed to make a serious go of bounty hunt-
ing. His clanspeople are very worried about him." - We heard he went after Bandin Dobah and
hasn't been heard from since. Do you think
he's dead? "He might be. But sometimes a hunt-
er engages in what we call "padding." On locating
their quarry, they deliberately delay the capture
in the hopes that the price on his head increases
while the quarry remains at large. Personally, I
think it can be a clever ploy, but to many bounty
hunters it's considered taboo. Godon might be
dead, but he might just be padding, waiting for
Dobah's bounty to go up."
TROUBLE BREWING
EDGE OF THE EMPIRE