In the Tomb of the Forgotten Spaceship
Throutek sat on his bunk in their provided accommodations in the survivors’ retreat. It was spartan but serviceable. After all, it has been of service to the people here for going on twenty years. At the current time, he simply didn’t care. His mind was occupied. He never expected finding his grandfather will be easy. But he also never expected that when he did, it would be a grave. He lay down, commpad in hand and recorded the happenings of the last day in the captain’s log.
After Zimir and Jax investigated the engine piece, flew up to the bridge section further north. It was sunk in a river bed off the side of a small village punctuated by a tower. Found a graveyard with grandfather’s tombstone in it. Decided that he might be buried but the quest is not done. Still need to find out who he was and why he left.
Spotted movement in the village. Went there and found a big cat-looking thing called a Nexu. Fought it off and it ran away. Started exploring the village. It seemed to have been built quickly and abandoned years ago.
Continued to the main ship’s body. It was quite disassembled for parts. Climbed the ship and approached the bridge. Inside was dark but Jax provided light. Heard gut wrenching grinding noise from inside the bowls. Continued to the bridge. There were some B1 Battle Droid remains on the way. Found a well maintained toolbox in the entrance to the bridge. There was a flashlight inside so jury rigged the vibroknife power pack to power the flashlight. Further down the hall was a gap in the floor. Trip tried to jump it but fell in the water below. Pulled him back up and gave him some medical treatment. Then Naritt used the vines to fashion a rope bridge across the gap. Made it to the other side and the sensors engineering section where Trip found an old vibroknife just before all the lights lost power.
Decided to get away from the ship for the mean time. Heard the sounds of an incoming YT-2400. Then encountered another Nexu cat-thing and scared it off. Went outside the ship and saw the freighter land. Trandoshans and Rodians stepped out. Same guys we encountered at the station.
Went out to meet them but then some creatures came out of the river with boats tied to their back. Inside were representatives of the Sa-Nalaor crew with Captain Harsol at the helm. Asked him about grandfather. Harsol took it as an insult, said he betrayed them. I said that this is a stain on my family name and I, at least, need to make amends. We were led to their retreat where a discussion arose about us, the other group, what to do and whether they should kill us and/or hitch a ride out of the system. Ended up staying the night in a cabin in their compound. Cratala, an Arkanian voice of reason, said she’ll try to find out about grandfather and also calm the populous down.
Throutek closed his commpad. It will sync with the Honey Badger’s on board computer when they were back in range. He was kind of worried about leaving the ship out there all alone but no one comes to this system any way and the wildlife will probably ignore it. For a day, at least. Right now, he was more worried about his grandfather’s legacy. He didn’t even know the man in person and he was already starting to fear his entire goal might be misguided. Maybe he should have listened to his family. Maybe he should have stayed home. Maybe he should try to be more like other Chiss.
His thoughts faded as he lay there wondering in the dark until at last, he fell into a somewhat restless and dreamless sleep.
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