The Dark Moon Adventure Synopsis
Sent on a smuggling run to supply weapons to the Doneval rebellion, the group finds the rebellion nearly crushed by the imperial deployment of an Escort Carrier in orbit. Running the blockade to the surface, the heroes find the planetary Rebellion virtually crushed by the arrival of the Carrier. The Carrier's TIEs smashed the Rebel forces, and the Imperial Captain used his Naval Troopers to augment the Empire's ground troops. The Imperials Captain's methods resulted in the capture and dissapearance of large numbers of rebels. Only one Rebel remained who still posessed the fire to resist and act against the Empire. Amber Cresson had a plan, but no one who would implement it with her- until the heroes arrived. Oh- and there was also the small matter of Amber's discovering that the group's Bounty Hunter- Zeus, had been the one who had killed her brother a few years before......
Infiltrating Marduk, the planetary capital via a furious repulsorlift chase in the streets, the heroes entered the Imperial garrison through the sewers. Obtaining Imperial uniforms, they comandeered a regular shuttle flight up to the Carrier. The group would plant a bomb deep inside the Carrier's engines and destroy the core of the Imperial forces. Successfully planting the bomb and setting the timer, the heroes overheard the crew discussing the strange transport docked with the carrier- a slave transport which the Imperial Captain was selling his Alliance prisoners to. The group assaulted the transport and defeated the slavers in order to liberate the prisoners. The prisoners told the group that many more rebels were bieng kept in the carrier's brig facility- were the heroes to escape now, the remaining prisoners would be doomed to a fiery death in 5 minutes...4:59..4:58....
By this time, the alarm was raised aboard the Carrier. The liberated prisoners started to fight their way into the ship against the ship's security forces (hampered by many of their people having been deployed on the planet) while the heroes frantically fought their way back to the engines to defuse the bomb. With ZERO seconds left on the timer, F'Lar the demolitions expert defused the bomb.
The other liberated prisoners and the group freed the remaining captives from the brig and started to fihght their way to the bridge with the aim of capturing the ship as a whole. During the fighting, Amber was separated from the group. When it became obvious that the ship was in serious danger of being lost, Captain Feliks decided to turn the ship into a final weapon against the rebellious planet- he gave the order to set the Carrier on a collision course with the planetary capital of Marduk.
As it became clear to the heroes that they couldn't liberate the ship in time to stop its suicide run, the decision was made to destroy the ship after all. The group armed the bomb (again) while the freed prisoners started to grab escape pods. The group charged through the ship's innards, which were rapidly collapsing under the strain of reentry. In the hangar, the group liberated a Blastboat and made good their escape, except for Zeus, who stayed in the hangar for a final confrontation with the mad Imperial Captain Feliks in order to liberate the captive Amber. In an epic hand-to-hand battle, Zeus killed Feliks. Amber and Zeus escaped the callapsing hangar in Lambda shuttle, shearing off the wings in the process mere seconds before the final detonation of the bomb tore the ship into fragments.
In the aftermath, the Rebellion on Doneval took heart and rallied as the Imperial forces collapsed without their backbone. The Imperial Governor surrendered within hours and the Rebels gained control of the Imperial facilities. The group was awarded the Order of Free Doneval for their efforts. The new provisonal government made the decision to attempt a masqurade as a loyal Imperial planet in the meantime, using the captured Imperial resources.
Sent on a smuggling run to supply weapons to the Doneval rebellion, the group finds the rebellion nearly crushed by the imperial deployment of an Escort Carrier in orbit. Running the blockade to the surface, the heroes find the planetary Rebellion virtually crushed by the arrival of the Carrier. The Carrier's TIEs smashed the Rebel forces, and the Imperial Captain used his Naval Troopers to augment the Empire's ground troops. The Imperials Captain's methods resulted in the capture and dissapearance of large numbers of rebels. Only one Rebel remained who still posessed the fire to resist and act against the Empire. Amber Cresson had a plan, but no one who would implement it with her- until the heroes arrived. Oh- and there was also the small matter of Amber's discovering that the group's Bounty Hunter- Zeus, had been the one who had killed her brother a few years before......
Infiltrating Marduk, the planetary capital via a furious repulsorlift chase in the streets, the heroes entered the Imperial garrison through the sewers. Obtaining Imperial uniforms, they comandeered a regular shuttle flight up to the Carrier. The group would plant a bomb deep inside the Carrier's engines and destroy the core of the Imperial forces. Successfully planting the bomb and setting the timer, the heroes overheard the crew discussing the strange transport docked with the carrier- a slave transport which the Imperial Captain was selling his Alliance prisoners to. The group assaulted the transport and defeated the slavers in order to liberate the prisoners. The prisoners told the group that many more rebels were bieng kept in the carrier's brig facility- were the heroes to escape now, the remaining prisoners would be doomed to a fiery death in 5 minutes...4:59..4:58....
By this time, the alarm was raised aboard the Carrier. The liberated prisoners started to fight their way into the ship against the ship's security forces (hampered by many of their people having been deployed on the planet) while the heroes frantically fought their way back to the engines to defuse the bomb. With ZERO seconds left on the timer, F'Lar the demolitions expert defused the bomb.
The other liberated prisoners and the group freed the remaining captives from the brig and started to fihght their way to the bridge with the aim of capturing the ship as a whole. During the fighting, Amber was separated from the group. When it became obvious that the ship was in serious danger of being lost, Captain Feliks decided to turn the ship into a final weapon against the rebellious planet- he gave the order to set the Carrier on a collision course with the planetary capital of Marduk.
As it became clear to the heroes that they couldn't liberate the ship in time to stop its suicide run, the decision was made to destroy the ship after all. The group armed the bomb (again) while the freed prisoners started to grab escape pods. The group charged through the ship's innards, which were rapidly collapsing under the strain of reentry. In the hangar, the group liberated a Blastboat and made good their escape, except for Zeus, who stayed in the hangar for a final confrontation with the mad Imperial Captain Feliks in order to liberate the captive Amber. In an epic hand-to-hand battle, Zeus killed Feliks. Amber and Zeus escaped the callapsing hangar in Lambda shuttle, shearing off the wings in the process mere seconds before the final detonation of the bomb tore the ship into fragments.
In the aftermath, the Rebellion on Doneval took heart and rallied as the Imperial forces collapsed without their backbone. The Imperial Governor surrendered within hours and the Rebels gained control of the Imperial facilities. The group was awarded the Order of Free Doneval for their efforts. The new provisonal government made the decision to attempt a masqurade as a loyal Imperial planet in the meantime, using the captured Imperial resources.
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