FATE Wars: Session VI

Khem Tal

The planet is darker now. In fact, the primary temple is not only imposing, but actively radiating with the Dark Side. Grand, opaque, gothic windows line the walls with inscribed Sith mathematical runes. Fist-sized crystals line the wall in sconces, soaking the halls with red light. The halls are lined with open alcoves where prisoners are chained and stacked atop each other, each one adorned with a translucent facemask filled with bacta. Periodically, a burly imperial worker will walk by with a hover cage and toss the prisoners from an alcove into it, then cart them away to a transport vessel.

Darth Darwin

Lord Pradeque's master, a narcissist (doesn't believe in shirts) known for his mastery of Sith alchemy. Was originally obese and lighter skinned, 'fixing' the flaws with his techniques, imbuing his head tails with poisonous glands, and making himself immune to most toxins. It was this last trick that he took advantage of when conflict arose with his apprentice, filling the room with a painful nerve toxin.

His preferred weapon is a yellow lightsaber built into the handle of a false blaster pistol, at least when combat is required of him. Otherwise, alchemical pheromones and mind control are his preferred means of handling conflict.

He began to oppose Darth Newton when the optimized uniforms were brought before him, a crime against fashion in his eyes. He attempted to organize a coup with the aid of another Sith on the planet, but was captured and currently being used as an energy source by the Givin faction.

Sorbin spends three weeks trying to do field repairs on the Honey Badger, eventually having to throw his hands up in the air in defeat. A facility with crew and supplies is needed to get the damage repaired.

The party docks in the orbital station of Khem Tal, leaving orders for the Imperial officers to repair the Honey Badger. As it will take a few weeks for the repairs to complete, they take their shuttle planet side to punch Darth Newton in the face. They are initially stopped by some Force sensitive guards, who are on orders to not let anyone in without permission from a Sith higher ranking than the players; Sorbin notices that their auras look peculiar. Before the violence erupts, Darth Ni'rad arrives, a rough-and-tumble human nearly the size of Lord Pradeque and in similar armor. He introduces himself as Newton's apprentice, and deeply indebted to him, as not only does he consider Newton like a son (and he like a father), his connection to the Force was given to him several months ago (same aura, much stronger, as the guards).

He tells them that Newton's busy, but he's willing to pass along any message for them. To which Pradeque provides the message, a solid punch to the nose. Asking, Pradeque elaborates that he wishes to follow that message up further if able; in which point the violence with Ni'rad begins. It then ends with a solid bisecting from Daquan's blades, and the guard looks down and loudly comments "I hope somebody fixes this door, it just keep leaving itself open. I better go find some tools to fix the damage, way over there" and leaves.

They enter a large chamber with a handful of Sith tied to racks, Darth Darwin included. Skipping any conversation, Pradeque promptly stabs him repeatedly, and the group continues on their way to the chamber where Darth Newton was working on some math.

Citing his face as the only reason they need, they begin their attack. Right away, Imriel is knocked out from the lightning right away. The rest begin a protracted battle, ultimately resulting in Pradeque being knocked out along with his minions, Sorbin being burnt and paralyzed, and the Omwati sneaking in the middle of the fight with Imriel in tow to escape. Newton himself is unharmed from the attack.

Pradeque awakens at the bottom of a 20m deep pit with slick, highly electrified walls. Food is tossed from above every so often, the holo emitter is on the ceiling above. Sorbin is tied upside down with just enough bacta in his breather mask to keep him alive. Both are periodically interrogated.

Back on the ship, the women plot a means in which to exact their revenge and to rescue Pradeque and Sorbin. They hear of Newton's wife shuttling in, and throw their Sith weight around with the imperial officers to be the new escort from the station to the planet; at which point they capture her. She's unconcerned, and points out that killing her will likely be seen as a boost to his power in the upcoming fight, and also warns them that they should probably not be in an orbital station he controls.

At this point, Pradeque sees a number of Sith Givin meditating around his cell as he feels his essence stretched and surged out of him; multiple force ghosts of him are created and transfer themselves over to the ship and begin to fight. This is enough to convince them to go planet-side and look for other Sith that disapprove of the encroaching Givin order.

They find Lord Ecrem, a Ming the Merciless looking Sith surrounding himself with decadence (pillows, silk streamers, twi'lek women, etc). An ally of Darth Darwin, he's currently in hiding and rubs his hands in anticipation to help take down Newton. He brings up that much of the source of Newton's power is a series of computations that he and a number of Givin have developed that allows them to tap into the Dark Side with an efficiency several orders of magnitude greater than normal, and are using this to perform acts of the Force through overwhelming energy.