Escape from Aniron Part 4

Get to the shuttle!

Jedi Master Vhing has made it through the Valley of Death (see Part 3) with most of his friends. They reach evil crime lord Zenyatta Mondatta's headquarters and make their way to the landing area, hoping to steal one of the spaceships to make their escape.

While approaching the landing field they come across Baccracka, a locked up Wookie gladiator. In return for his freedom he pledges to help Master Vhing and his friends.

The good guys

Zenyatta has assembled a group of villains to stop Master Vhing after failing to receive the message that Cad Bane had captured or killed Master Vhing (see Part 3).

The bad guys

On the tarmac, the shuttle Synchronicity II (look here for the post on how it was built) is being loaded with contraband, guarded by the repurposed battle droid UB 40.

Ground crew are moving about.

Master Vhing and friends are sneaking towards the shuttle.

Hoping to take the shuttle by surprise, Master Vhing and Baccracka run to the loading ramp, followed by OU 812. Blayne and the Jawas fire at the battle droid.

They miss! UB 40 returns fire. Blayne is wounded and down! But OU 812 is using its' medipack to heal the wound.

Master Vhing removes the threat by running to UB 40 and slicing him in half with his lightsaber.

Suddenly a blaster fires from within the shuttle. It misses Master Vhing. Baccracka storms into the cargo hold swinging his glaive at Groff the Trandoshan. 

Groff evades the blow. Now it becomes clear:

Baccracka is surrounded by villains laying in ambush inside the shuttle.

Barrg the Gamorrean jumps down, intending to chop Baccracka in two. But Baccracka parries the blow and cuts Barrg down.

Before Jarrg can jump in to avenge his brother, Groff the Trandoshan kills the Wookie.

Again Master Vhing charges in, cutting down Jarrg and engaging Groff in close combat.

Finally, Zenyatta enters the fight. Zenyatta has used the Force to craft his criminal empire and keep his minions in line. He emerges from the cockpit and strikes Master Vhing with a bolt of Force Lightning.

Master Vhing manages to defeat the Trandoshan, but has suffered a wound and a shock. Meanwhile Zenyatta has leapt to higher ground.

Blayne and the Jawas have reached the ramp, but Blayne can't fire his heavy blaster inside the shuttle for fear of damaging it, so the Jawas move in.

The Jawas blast Zenyatta: he's wounded and down!

Master Vhing uses his powers to heal his wound and then jumps to Zenyatta for the final blow.

However: Zenyatta uses a mind trick (this is actually not in the Fistful of Lead Galactic Heroes rules, but I may want to use Zenyatta again in another game) and escapes through a hatch.

While Zenyatta limps away from the shuttle. Master Vhing and friends take off. When they try to set a course off planet they discover however that there isn't enough coaxium to make the jump to light speed.

They must refuel at a spaceport. So they set course to one of Aniron's smaller spaceports, hoping to get the fuel and leave before the Empire finds them. The sub-space transmitter on board works fine, and as a precaution Master Vhing sends a coded distress signal to his Jedi friends.

After recovering from his wound in a Bacta tank, Zenyatta informs the Empire that the shuttle Synchronicity II has been captured by Master Vhing but it can't leave Aniron before refuelling.

Both Imperial reinforcements and Jedi rescuers are now on their way to Aniron for a final showdown in the next game.