Star Wars - Hutt & Seek - Unpublished
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After crashing the strike cruiser in the Tatooine desert, Shada realized they would need transportation to get off planet with any parts of the Hammertong. Seeking a pilot for hire, Shada and Karoly ventured Into Mos Eisley disguised as Brea and Senni Tonnika, two well-known con artists. Their disguise was too good, however, and they were, mistaken for the genuine article; Colonel Parq arrested them for conning a Grand Moff.
In the Mos Eisley jail their warden pierced their disguise and traded their release in exchange for a look at whatever was in the strike cruiser. The warden was in fact a spy for the Rebel Alliance, and he recognized what the Hammertong really was—a part of the prototype laser for the second Death Star. Shada and the other Mistryl escaped Tatooine with a component of the Hammertong, the Rebel Alliance agent had technical readouts of the entire device, and the strike cruiser was buried, forever, in a sand storm.
Shada is extremely attractive, with long, dark, wavy hair that she usually wears pulled up and held in place with a number of lacquered zenji needles. The needles are not merely decorative. In combat. Shada can hurl the needles with deadly accuracy and sufficient force to crack some battle armor.
Dunc T’racen
Type: Mistryl Shadow Guard
DEXTERITY 4D
Blaster 5D, dodge 5D, melee combat 6D, melee parry 5D, pick pocket 5D
KNOWLEDGE 2D
Streetwise 4D+2, survival 5D
MECHANICAL 2D
Communications 4D, sensors 3D+2, space transports 5D, starship gunnery 5D+2
PERCEPTION 3D
Hide 5D, search 5D, sneak 5D
STRENGTH 4D
Brawling 5D, brawling: martial arts 6D, stamina 5D+1
TECHNICAL 3D
Force Points: 1
Character Points: 8
Move: 10
Equipment: Comlink, hold-out blaster (3D), selection of false IDs
Capsule: Dune T’racen is a study in contrasts. Her slim, seemingly delicate physique conceals a tough-as-titanium body. Her fair, perfect skin and smooth hair and hands suggest a pampered life. In reality, like so many other Mistryl, she grew up in the great squalor and poverty foisted upon so many of their people. Her cool, light eyes conceal a very passionate, opinionated bundle of tightly controlled energy.
From an early age, she determined that the Mistryl alone were worthy of respect and admiration. Envious and awed by her Mistryl sister and cousins, she fixed on the goal of attaining admission into the secret warrior order. Dunc believed that membership in the Mistryl alone held the possibility of a better life, bringing justice to all, and not incidentally, also providing schooling, a roof over her head, and regular meals.
Her fervent commitment to become a Mistryl, however, was continually tested by her own youthful and volatile nature. Bitter about the degradation and poverty around her. Dunc was in perpetual trouble as a younger child and early teen. Those who caught her brawling in dirty, fetid alleys were always astounded to learn that so lovely a little girl possessed such a very bad temper and was quite capable of bringing swift revenge upon those whom she felt had unjustifiably wronged her. Nevertheless, with her eyes fixed on the Mistryl goal. Dunc managed, more or less, to stay on the right side of a line that is very murky when animals the galaxy over lived in better conditions than she did.
The strict discipline of the Mistryl way of life saved her. Despite her short temper, she is marvelous in a crisis—calm, businesslike, capable. Throughout her training, she demonstrated repeatedly the ability to remain singularly unruffled by danger, mayhem, brawling, and dodging blaster fire. This quality alone makes her worthy of the Mistryl title.
In pairing her with Shada D’ukal for her first mission, the Eleven of the Mistryl hope that Dunc will learn some of the subtleties, discipline and interpersonal skills Shada has. Like Dunc herself, the Mistryl have taken the long view. They are willing to overlook the occasional impetuousness and bursts of temper, for they believe that with maturity, structure. training and order, Dunc is very likely to grow to be a superior Mistryl shadow guard.
From Star Wars Adventure Journal 16 (02-1998) [Unpublished]
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