Veering Off Course

Part I

With some time to kill on Ord Mantell before the ship repairs would be complete, the group started off with some personal business by fencing their loot and resupplying themselves. Afterwards Jet and Nexu went to Doja's Cantina while Cerberus worked on the ship. Jet gets in a conversation with two infochants at the bar who knew Cai Delmont, the smugglers who the group killed and returned his ship to Doja. Unfortunately for Jet, it seems these two infochants not only knew Cai, but were his friends, which put the smooth talking Jet at a disadvantage throughout the conversation. Worse yet, it seems the especially well informed brokers knew of Jet's past dealings with Drox The Hutt, a cousin of Doja's. Though he discovers that Doja is always looking for more pirates to occupy the region, he decides to end the conversation before it turns south.

Nexu meanwhile, takes the blunt approach to searching for her long lost lover, Boskone, and approaches pirate crews at random to demand information. Surprisingly, it works and one such crew tells Nexu that they did mutual work with Boskone for a man named Quin Reed near Rodia approximately 3 years ago. He hasn't seen Boskone since, but Quin runs his business off of an Imperial planet, Denon.

Though Jet attempts to get work from Raena, she does not appear to trust the crew yet and puts off any offer of work. In the meantime, Nexu is pushing the group to go to Denon, though it is far outside of their assigned territory, claiming that she has a contact on an Imperial planet that may be of help. Though Jet and Cerberus suspect she has other motives, Jet is eager to get off world, and Cerberus would sooner explore an Imperial planet than take work for a Hutt.

The group departs for Denon, once the ship is repaired, and makes the week long trip in uneventful and good time. They have little trouble gaining public access to the bustling planet, a planet covering metropolis that draws comparisons to Coruscant. The group docks in the busy government district and sets off to find Quin Reed, with no other information besides his name. They find Denon to be an inhospitable place for aliens, and quickly make for the outskirts of the city-planet hoping to have more luck.

Once in the slums of Denon, they split up in search of leads on Quin Reed. Jet has minimal luck talking to a Rodian smuggler in a nightclub, while Nexu finds an unhelpful Gand whom she decides to kill for his lack of manners. The bar fight nearly gets her shot by the bartender, and she doesn't leave the knife fight unscathed, but she kills the Gand and leaves the bar with no new information and covered in both of their blood. Cerberus reports that he found a spaceport nearby and suggests checking it out.

The three go to the cantina attached to the spaceport, where Jet is able to strike up a conversation with a pirate crew who appears to know Quin Reed, though they are reluctant, almost afraid, to give up much info. Nexu eavesdrops on their conversation, before deciding to sneak behind the bar and into the docking bays, but is caught by the bartender. Deciding there must be a backdoor, Nexu goes through an ally and breaks into the docking bay's garage door. Inside, she finds several ships as well as mechanics, guards, and other docking bay staff. She immediately begins questioning the staff on the whereabouts of Quin Reed, but the ruckus the causes only serves to get her thrown out by the guards. Once the bartender sees Nexu again trying to get into the docking bay, it takes Jet stepping in to keep Nexu from being turned over to an Imperial Garrison. Cerberus meanwhile hasn't been seen, but may also have successfully entered the docking bay unnoticed.

Experience Awarded: 20