•The Republic finds itself in a losing battle over Chommell Prime and begins a tactical retreat.
•The party boards the Sith command ship Devastator in hopes of buying the Republic time.
•While Yvegeny disables ship power, Bao and Ras face off against Bao's former apprentice.
•Devo helps rescue Aluni and Plutara.
•While the Capanata escapes Chommell Prime, Bao stays behind to confront the Sith.
As the party heads back to the Republic fleet, Yvegeny uses his computer skills to try to track where the credits Ladow Medon stole from the other Medons went. Using the help of the entire party to help sift through the coding, Yev returns all the money to the Medons who lost it, and also found out that Ladow Medon had received money from Riga the Hutt to help finance his cure for the Gen'Dai mental instability — which he used to secure their loyalty — which was being concocted by Eutix Research Laboratories. The money in Ladow's account goes to Chu'un, for being a nice guy, and Tarn, who lost his estate.
The Republic blockade runner arrives at the battle; the Republic fleet is holding its own against the Sith ships, though they're taking a beating. The ship makes a quick boarding onto the Honor of Coruscant, as a Sith transmission is broadcast to the fleet — any ship that surrenders will be spared and shown amnesty, and the Sith encourage mutiny to get the job done. The party meets up with Jedi Masters Kavar, Jenica Vigil, and Geis Choi, where they're told that most of the defensive line (which was taking the biggest pounding) has surrendered to the Sith. The hyperdrive is offline, but Republic techs are working on fixing it; Kavar orders a tactical withdrawal after more than half of the Republic ships surrender.
The party decides to board the Devastator (Talvon Esan's command ship) to slow it down enough for the Republic ships to escape... except Devo, who is really more concerned with his employer, Aluni Medon, and getting her to safety, as well as his Jedi friend Plutara. He appropriates a shuttle to pick them up and get them to safety. Before he leaves, he calls Aluni and tells her to leave; she says she's got a ship that can get her to safety. He also calls Plutara, who is quite surprised to hear from him (not even knowing he was on Chommell Prime) but glad to hear from him.
Yvegeny syncs up the Capanata with a Sith boarding ship's transponder signal, and Aig flies casually towards the Devastator, telling the ship they're back for repairs. They successfully dock, and then the party splits up.
Yvegeny
Yev heads for the power generators to disable the ship's power. The weapons batteries are on their own systems, so he won't be able to touch those, but main power and auxiliary power are fair game.
At the primary power core, there's a few Sith soldiers guarding the control station; Yev lobs a grenade and runs to a spot to pick them off, but only two of the troopers fall for his ruse; the other two notice him. One opens fire while the other activates an alarm; Yev clears through them and quickly sets his explosives (blowing up the power core) just as reinforcements arrive: a Dark Jedi and more troopers. Yev quickly dispatches with the soldiers, but is blasted by the Dark Jedi's Force lightning. He quickly shoots the Dark Jedi dead and books it toward the auxiliary power generator — making sure to steal the Sith robes and mask to disguise himself.
On his way there, Yev realizes that the doors are closing behind him — someone is on to him and luring him into an ambush. Realizing he has no real choice but to walk into a trap, Yev proceeds anyway, and enters the engineering section, run by droids. He bluffs his way past administrator A3-C9 to the auxiliary core, only for the door to seal behind him and A3 and the lights to go out. When Yev lights a glow rod, it is shot out of his hand, leaving him in darkness.
A voice taunts Yev in the darkness; when Yev tries to force the voice's hand by holding the droid hostage, the voice says to just shoot the droid, he doesn't care, so Yev does. They talk about the Republic, the Sith, Blackwater – the voice admits it works for the Sith and used to work for Blackwater. Yev says that he works for the Genoharadan, which the voice scoffs at, and Yev offers to do the "secret Genoharadan handshake." The voice is suckered in by this deception, and as soon as he gets his hands on Yvegeny, Yev plugs him at point blank range with his blaster. The voice howls in pain and staggers back, and Yev lobs a grenade, which luckily hits him and sends him flying. Yev stands over him with a glowrod — revealing a Nagai gunslinger — and gets the controls to turn the lights back on. He sets his explosives, destroys the auxiliary power generator, and leaves.
Bao, Ras, Drallon, and Haesh
Using stealth field generators, Bao, Ras, and their Padawans sneak toward the command bridge, to take on Talvon Esan (The Butcher) and force a confrontation. Unfortunately, not far from the docking bay, Drallon accidentally stumbles and blows their cover; a Sith adept notices, and Ras tries to use the Force to distract her, only for a melee to begin. They quickly take out the adept and a few troopers, but Drallon is shot and badly wounded in the assault. Ras quickly patches him up and stuffs him, unconscious, in an out-of-the-way closet where he won't be noticed, so he doesn't slow the party down.
The group proceeds up a turbolift toward the command bridge, but must first get off and transfer near the officers' quarters. When they arrive, they are greeted by two Sith officers; Bao trips one of them with the Force, but they seem nonplussed until Ras announces that they're there to kill their Dark Jedi commanders. It seems that the officers are used to any Force-user who comes along and abuses them being a Sith, so one officer pushes an alarm — only to find that the power there is out (thanks, Yev!). He then gets on his comlink to radio ahead, which Ras promptly drains the energy of; he then gets his friend's comlink, which Ras explodes in his hands. He screams out about the metal shards in his hand now, and Bao gives him a medpac to treat his wound. The officers point the way to the bridge and Bao, Ras and Haesh continue on their way.
On their way to the bridge, they are stopped by a mysterious human figure wearing a spacer's outfit — not the traditional Sith robes or facial tattoos — whom Bao quickly recognizes as Shan Tamlen, his first apprentice, who joined with Revan in the Mandalorian Wars. Shan tells them he's there to stop them — he works for Talvon Esan, who "they don't send for the little stuff." Shan agrees to let Haesh go without a fight, and Bao offers himself as a prisoner if he lets Ras pass. Shan agrees and hurls Bao into a wall with the Force, saying they'll need to "bloody him up first," then tries to Force grip Ras to keep her from leaving either.
A fight breaks out — Ras using her lightsaber, Bao relying on his blaster (after finding that his mind shards can't break through Shan's formidable mental defenses), and Shan not using (or carrying) a lightsaber, just relying on pure telekinetic power. After a few good shots from Bao and hits from Ras, Shan breaks off the fight and silently takes his leave. Still, Ras and Bao are badly hurt from the fight, and they debate whether continuing to go after the Butcher at this point would merely be a suicide mission.
Devo
Mr. Morden comes in for a landing on the Expanse; he can see many ships taking off to evacuate the Expanse, although there are still many people walking the streets who don't have a way offworld. As soon as he lands, he finds Plutara is not there to meet him and he can't seem to contact her. He locks down his ship and waits around for her.
A Neimoidian shopkeeper approaches Devo and asks if his ship has enough room to take him with it. Devo insists that it's strictly for the Jedi, and the increasingly desperate Neimoidian offers credits for a seat on his ship. Devo gets angry and points out his big gun, and the Neimoidian backs off.
After searching through the Expanse for a while, Devo finally finds Plutara, and they head back to the shuttle. They're approached by a Pau'an who introduces himself as Turvon Medon, an administrator on the Expanse, who asks for passage offworld. Plutara doesn't mind, so Devo agrees to take him on as well.
Three mercenaries see this and approach Devo and his group as well for a ride off of the Expanse; Devo tries to lie and say there's a Neimoidian who has a ship, but they don't buy it. Devo grabs his weapon, and the mercs grab theirs; before the mercenaries can act, Devo lays waste to them in a burst of autofire, and Devo, Plutara, and Turvon board their shuttle and take off.
Endgame
Aig radios Yvegeny, saying the Capanata has attracted some attention from the Sith and they need to think about getting out of there. Yev books it to the ship rather than try and disrupt the Devastator further, and Ras realizes she should pick up Drallon and get off the ship before they can't escape. Bao, however, decides to stay, saying he should still try and reach the Butcher because they might never get another chance.
Ras picks up Drallon and they hustle to the Capanata, just as Yvegeny leaves a bomb behind for anybody who might be following. Haesh asks where his master is, and Ras informs him that Bao decided to stay behind. After a brief skirmish with Sith interceptors, the Capanata jumps to hyperspace. Devo's shuttle docks with the Honor of Coruscant before it takes off, and together they head to hyperspace as well.
DM's Notes:
- Totally intended for the ending to be a tense space battle of holding off Sith interceptors (and staying away from the capital ships' tractor beams) long enough for the Capanata to jump to hyperspace, but cut it for time, sadly.
