Introduction
This is the mission briefing and intel for Padre's adventure The Rebels of Chayloon which has been republished on this blog with his kind permission. For fellow GMs looking to run the mission, you can find the full adventure on The Rancor Pit here.
Please note that, with the exception of Padre's original art (showing the terrain of Chayloon's equatorial region), other images on this post were sourced from google images and that this is an advert free, not for profit blog.
MISSION BRIEFING
Destination - Chayloon 2 [Sector F24]
Operatives - New Republic Forces Mission Team [ _________ ]
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| Mah-ta |
Outline
The objective of this mission is to give support to an independent rebel group. Along with several other secret insurgency activities in neighbouring systems, this will contribute to a critical disturbance in Imperial authority within the sector F24 (Arguvant) of the mid rim region.
We have recently received intelligence reports concerning what appears to be a local rebellion against Imperial forces & Imperial allied corporate interests (believed to be a subsidiary of Minarac Enterprises) on the jungle world Chayloon 2. Decrypted Imperial communications indicate sabotage activity on a growing scale, including sporadic guerrilla warfare.
The identity of the rebels is unknown. They may be a breakaway faction of local corporate personnel, or possibly members of the native population. Local Imperial personnel may know the identity of the rebels.
According to the existing survey records, the native sentients of Chayloon 2 are at a primitive level of technology. If they are responsible, then it is feared that without military advice or possibly direct leadership, their rebellion will be brutally quelled.
The Operative Team
This consists of members possessing varied yet complementary skills and capacities, including military expertise, as well as diplomatic and technical abilities.
Specific Orders
Travel to Chayloon 2.
Identify and locate the budding rebel forces.
Assess the situation.
Assist in their rebellion against Imperial forces.
Resources
Your ship will be the Lynx (a Bryntac class 12 light freighter). This model is thought to be used by several traders dealing with the local Minarac facility and so should not raise suspicions. We are unable to provide up-to-date clearance codes so you will have to bluff it out as best you can. You should be out of scanner reach once you get down into the planetary surface ‘scar valleys’.
The Lynx is a ‘bottom of the line’ junk freighter, not known for comfort. The galley is also the sleeping area - the beds being recessed into the floor when not in use. The same, cramped space is utilized by everyone for everything, except for actually flying the ship.
For stats and deckplan see https://rancorpit.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=196919#196919
The freighter is pilot-assisted by an Astromech R2 droid (R2 9R), and stocked with 4 infantry support weapons (modified E Web Repeating Blasters), as well as 10 cases of NR standard issue Blaster Carbines (6 per case, with 4 ammo clips each). These are rugged and reliable, even in the hands of amateurs.
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Survey Information on Chayloon 2 (Limited)
Type: Terrestrial
Temperature: Temperate
Atmosphere: Type 1 (Breathable)
Hydrosphere: Moderate (32% surface water)
Gravity: Standard -3%
Terrain: Forest, bush, freshwater, swamp, mountainous (no full map schematic available)
Length of Day: 27.53 standard hours
Length of Year: 459 local days
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| Chayloon |
Sapient Native Species: Mah-ta
Population: 12, 230 off-world personnel & families; Native population unknown
Planet Function: Mineral Extraction
Tech Level: Stellar; (Native – primitive; stone tools)
Major Exports: Gemstones & Belt Minerals
Major Imports: None
Starport: Cohlanga Down Facility
Star system: Galactic Survey data
System name: Chayloon
Star Name: Haphlux
Orbital Bodies
Name.................Type.................Moons
Chayloon 1..........Vacuum...............2
Inner Belt............Asteroid belt
Chayloon 2..........Type 1................none
Outer Belt............Asteroid belt
Chayloon 3..........Gas Giant............4
Chayloon 4..........Gas Giant............7
Planetary Surface Geography
Chayloon 2 is a forest/jungle world, with a population clustered in the equatorial regions due to climactic variations. Huge, volcanic mountain chains rise out of flatland surroundings to form criss crossing belts of rock (known to space goers, having looked down from orbit, as ‘whip scars’). The flatland valley areas consist of lakes, swamps, ‘velth’ and jungles, surrounded by long stretches of mountainous terrain. The massive velth expanses consist of closely-packed, broad leaved, stubby trees of several varieties, all similar in size. These have short (2 3m) trunks and flat splays of leaves forming what looks like a raised ground level, beneath which is the dark and damp ‘under velth’.
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| Chayloon Equatorial Region |
Native life
Chayloon 2’s sentient inhabitants are called the Mah-ta, an amphibian-like race believed to have a stone age technology. Their primitive society of herding clans was not always so, however, as archaeological remains have been discovered which point to an ancient civilisation, which although apparently limited to stone age technology, was potentially great in scale and grandeur. There are some very old records of several sub species of Mah ta, having different anatomical forms and social structures, but the information is vague. These were probably just races of Mah ta living in varied climactic conditions perhaps in the swamps or upon the mountain slopes.
Resources
Mineral Asteroids
The Chayloon system is rich in mineral asteroids, to which the corporation MINARAC ENTERPRISES holds the legal mining rights. Local Minarac interests, although not directly managed by the Minarac HQ on Coruscant, apparently maintain a small mining fleet serviced by several planetary surface processing installations.
Crystalline Gemstones
As well as mineral asteroid mining there is one other major business activity the harvesting of crystalline gemstones from the slopes of the great mountain gorges. It is for the export of these gemstones that Chayloon is best known. Their multi coloured, multi faceted nature cannot be artificially copied, except at great cost which makes the process unprofitable. Indeed, in some Arguvant sector and neighbouring sector business deals, when local currency is looking unstable or the political conditions are volatile, Chayloon gems are used in lieu of currency! This practice was declared illegal by the Imperium, but recently local ex-Imperial elements have resorted to such methods of payment
Imperial Presence in the Chayloon System
[Data extracted from captured vessels of High Admiral Yarrit’s Fleet.]
A brief breakdown of the Imperial force’s strength and command structure
Lt. Col. Relthus commands the remaining elements of an Imperial Army Regiment, plus a reduced strength Stormtrooper Battalion (Major Karbin).
The IA regiment has been reduced to less than half strength two depleted battalions commanded by Major Moltor and Major Chad.
The First (Armour) Battalion (Maj. Moltor) consists of one company equipped with repulsorlift armoured combat vehicles (ALCUs (Armoured Light Combat Unit), MRTs (Medium Repulsorlift Tanks) and RaSCaVs (Repulsorlift Scout/Comm Vehicles), one with armoured walkers (AT ATs, AT GTs, AT STs and AT Pts) and one company (Scout) is equipped with Speeder Discs. There is no fourth company. The battalion has several support elements: IGAACs and a Floating Fortress.
The Second Battalion (Maj. Chad) is also depleted in strength, a Line Battalion of Imperial Army Infantry units (with some Light Personnel Skiffs).
Major Karbin commands the Stormtrooper Battalion, at half strength, who guard the Imperial military facility at the planetary surface starport, Cohlanga Down.
Other military presence
Minarac Enterprises local security forces’ strength and composition is unknown.
Details of any mercenary or paramilitary elements are unavailable.
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