Star Wars_ Edge of the Empire Rule Book

Near the door to the cantina is a board displaying

a holoscreen message that may well be of interest to

the PCs. It shows the slowly revolving 3D head of an

aging and grizzled Aqualish with a bounty notice.

If the PCs ask questions about Bandin Dobah, miss-

ing droids, or smuggling gangs, they are met with a

paranoid attitude. The drinkers in the bar are not so

careless as to discuss such things in public and won't

be shy about telling the PCs so. A typical response runs

along the lines of:

"Shhh! Are you crazy? Look, you people ought to get

to know your way around before you start assum-

ing that I know of such things just because I happen

to live on Formos—understood^7 Oh look, I can see

that you're new here, so why don't you grab a drink

for yourselves and relax. Enjoy the music for a bit."

The PCs may feel at a dead end after such a rebuff,

but after the exchange it only takes a brief moment

before one of the Devaronians approaches the PCs

and offers to "explain some matters." This is Snoo, an

information broker. He is happy to take one of the PCs

aside (not a droid or anyone carrying much equip-

ment; he is not willing to be recorded—though if it

happens that all the party are droids, he will choose

the most human looking to talk to). He is willing to

explain a bit about the recent events in the area if the

PC can do a little favor to loosen his tongue. His price

begins at 50 credits, but he can be bargained down to

20 if the PC he is talking to passes an Average (4p 4})

Charm, Coercion, or Deception check.

The information he imparts

—depending on the sort of

questions he is asked—con-

sists of the following:

• Formos is a great place to
  do business if you know much
  about bounty hunting or han-
  dling contraband—but people
  won't just offer jobs to strang-
  ers. Prospective smugglers have
  to earn some respect and trust
  within the community before ex-
  pecting to make useful contacts.


• Bandin Dobah is the head
  of an organized smuggling ring
  that operates on a loose fran-
  chise basis. The ring is said to be
  •F made up of many cells that rely
  W on each other for mutual support
  and information. Bandin Dobah heads
  the cell at the top of the hierarchy, and
  takes a cut of the profits made by the other
  cells. In return they can rely on the fearsome rep-
  utation Bandin Dobah enjoys and the increased
  job opportunities that his organization provides.
  A typical cell is made up of four to ten smugglers.


• Nothing has been said about a droidnapping. but
  it would be well within the character of Bandin
  Dobah to arrange for such a thing.


• The Empire's bounty is not the only one on Bandin
  Dobah's head. Thakba Besadii Diori, a Hutt kingpin
  of Sleheyron, has also offered 5,000 credits for his
  capture, and many bounty hunters would rather
  chase this reward than sully their hands with Im-
  perial blood money. However, the Hutt wishes to
  make an example of Dobah, so he is only offering
  the full reward if the Aqualish is delivered alive.


• As of yet, few people have made serious attempts
  to accost Bandin Dobah. Some weeks back, a Ro-
  dian bounty hunter appeared in the cantina and
  it was generally assumed that he was on the trail.
  He hasn't been heard from since.
  Snoo knows nothing else pertinent, and his reputation
  as a reliable source of information is too important for him
  to offer idle speculation or outright fiction even if he is of-
  fered more money or otherwise pumped for information.

ZUKATA'S WOES

Just as the interview with the Devaronian information

broker ends, some more people enter the cantina.

The first of these is an elegant Rodian girl who

heads directly for the bar and orders herself some

food and drink. She draws appreciative glances from

those in the cantina who notice attractive Rodian girls.

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TROUBLE BREWING

EDGE OF THE EMPIRE