After receiving their mission from the scholar Omal, the crew set about gearing up for the trip into the jungles of Ploo II. They purchased speeders and equipment, and the bounty hunter Redd looked up come information about the dangers they may encounter in the depths of the jungle.

They loaded their gear into the G9 Rigger and the pilot Brada set off for the coordinates given to them by Omal. First they did a flyover the supposed coordinates of the temple itself, but could not observe anything from the air. They landed at the clearing that Omal indicated and set out on their speeders to the temple site.

Eventually the jungle tightened up and the party was forced to slow down and fly more carefully to avoid crashing. Whilst picking their way through the gloom the party determined they were being watched. A quick scan of the surrounding jungle revealed an adult tusk cat was stalking the party from the shadows. They wisely chose to avoid the beast and headed off in the other direction.

Unfortunately the other path lead them to the bog. Low trees overhung the fetid waters, known to be the habitat of choice of the deadly dragonsnake. They attempted to cross the bog one by one, with the others covering them with their blasters. Brada made it through first. Lowhhrick made it half way before his speeder was snatched by the creature and Lowhhrick was flung off. The light repeating blasters mounted on the speeders made short work of the beast and they escaped the encounter without any casualties. The Gank bounty hunter Redd took some trophies from the dragonsnake.

The party eventually reached the coordinates given to them by Omal; and found nothing. A brief investigation revealed that the ground beneath them was being shielded from their scanners. The Sullustan Brada “found” the temple when he fell through a hole in the ground but his quick reflexes managed to prevent him from falling to almost certain death.

The party used their climbing gear to descend into the temple and begun exploring. Beneath the hole from which they entered they discovered the skeleton of a strange creature; wolf-like, with spines along its back and at the end of its long tail. Exploring further into the temple they discovered an open room with many pillars and columns. A stone statue sat in an alcove to the north and a short platform stood in front of it. There were stairs leading upwards and there they discovered, hidden behind a pile of fallen stone, an abandoned campsite. Rumaging amongst the debris they found a pack, inside which they found a datapad containing a journal belonging to Omal’s mentor, Murk Lundi.
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The journal confirmed that they were standing in the lost Temple of XoXaan. It explains how Lundi discovered the temple much the same way the party did, by falling through a hole in the ceiling. However at the time he was being attacked by a strange creature, black with glowing eyes, spines along its back and on the end of its tail. The creature wounded Lundi, injuring his eye, and in the struggle the pair fell through the roof into the temple. Lundi was too injured to continue his exploration, but vowed to return

Having thoroughly explored the upper levels of the temple and finding no sight of the artifact, the party determined there must be a secret door or passage to another area. Through trial and error, the party discovered that having two people press the raised platform before the statue opened a hidden stairway in one of the rooms, leading further into the temple’s depths.

In the lower levels of the temple, the party discovered what appeared to be a living area, with a kitchen, sleeping quarters, study, and common room. In the study they found a large metal chest which they were unable to open. Amongst the desk and shelves they found scraps of indecipherable documents and papers, which Redd scanned for Omal to study. In the sleeping quarters they found an ancient sword in a footlocker, and swarms of enormous subterranean worms under another. In a fireplace they discovered a small sealed box with no apparent means of opening it.

Working their way around the lower levels of the temple they came across a dead end. At the end of a corridor there stood a statue holding an enormous ancient looking sword. Reasoning that this cannot be the true Inner Sanctum, and remembering the experience with the hidden entrance above, two members of the party grasped the long grip of the sword. The entire wall behind the statue flickered and then vanished, finally revealing the true Inner Sanctum of the Temple of Xoxaan…

After defeating Teemo the Hutt and leaving Tattooine behind them, the crew of the Krayt Fang head to the quiet Expansion Region system of Ploo. The former Rebel Sasha decided to part company with the rest of the group and try and reconnect with the remnants of her Rebel Cell. Lowhhrick the Wookiee asked to be dropped off near his home planet of Kashyyyk so that he might try and learn the fate of the rest of his clan.

The pilot Pash managed to pick up another passenger at a smuggler’s port: A Xexto mercenary known only as “The Craw”. While somewhat unstable The Craw seems to be a capable companion. With his new crewmate, Pash set his Hyperdrive for the Ploo System.

Seconds after dropping out of Hyperspace the cabin of the Krayt Fang was filled with the sound of alarms and proximity alert warnings. A G-9 Rigger light freighter has dropped out of hyperspace simultaneously and was heading for a direct collision. Only lightning quick reflexes and superior piloting skills from the pilots of both starships prevented a fatal crash. Despite the best efforts of the two pilots, the two ships exchanged paint and decided to land on the nearby planet of Ploo II and compare the damage to their ships.

The damage to both ships appeared to be trivial and the two crews diembarked to explore the city. A relatively quiet place, Ploo II’s major cities are no less filled with citizens from all over the Galaxy. Most native Glymphids and Quermians, but also humans, twi’leks, a few aqualish, and various other species. The two crews spend some time browsing the busy market stalls looking for supplies.

Rounding a corner, Pash is suddenly run into by a frantic looking human male. Grasping at Pash’s flight jacket, the man pleads with the crew. “Please you have to help me, they’re trying to take me!” Behind the panicing human, a gang of thugs armed with blasters and knives approaches. “Hand him over, this does not concern you.” Pash, the Craw, Redd the bounty hunter and Brada the pilot are somewhat reluctantly drawn into a firefight on the streets of Ploo.

The heavily armed crew make short work of the gang of thugs, quickly killing six of them, and sending the rest of them running off through the cluttered alleys of the street market. Examining the corpses reveals they are all sporting an identical tattoo, depicting a featureless tower above a broken weapon of some kind.

The rescued man was very grateful for the crews help, and recommended that they get off the streets before the rest of the thugs returned with reenforcements. Introducing himself as Omal, the man took the crew to his study located in a nearby building. He explains that he is a scholar, specifically a historian who studies the Sith. Those thugs who were trying to capture him in the street were Sith Cultists from a group called the Believers, who follow the Sith ways. The Believers want Omal for the knowledge he possesses concerning the location of an ancient Sith temple on the planet of Ploo II.

Omal explains that his professor and mentor, a Quermian named Murk Lundi, was the Galaxies foremost expert on the Sith. His expertise gained him respect, and criticism in equal measures, and he was accused of collaborating with underground Sith cults, including the Believers, to provide them with information and artifacts of the Sith. Around 40 years ago, Lundi learned of the existance of a Sith Holocron on the planet Kodai. The planet Kodai was covered in water, but ever 10 years the water receeds and the surface of the planet is accessible for relic hunters. Lundi found the holocron deep in a chasm, but another student of his named Norval, tried to steal the holocron for himself. Omal had followed the pair to Kodai, and manged to prevent Norval from obtaining the holocron, casting it back into the abyss to be lost to the waters.

Omal returned to the scholarly life, eventually becoming a professor himself. Eventually, however he found himself engrossed in Lundis work, and discovered that Lundi knew of a lost Sith temple on Ploo, which hid a powerful Sith Amulet. Omal knew that eventually the cultists would learn of the temple and steal the artifact their own nefarious purposes, so he decides to enlist the help of the crew to find and explore the temple, and recover the artifact so that it may be hidden away from the Believers forever.

After some heavy negotiation, the crew agreed to help Omal recover the artifact. The site of the temple is inaccessible to large vehicles so the crew decides to purchase speeders to quickly travel through the jungle. They also purchase survival gear and supplies for the journey, still unaware of what dangers may await them in the deep jungles of Ploo II.

Spoilers below for Long Arm of the Hutt

After negotiating with the Geonosian Dukes Piddock and Dimmock and gathering enough intel on Teemo the Hutt's underhanded dealings, the crew enlisted the help of the brother and sister smuggling crew Orpa and Wex Vio to help smuggle them back  to Tattooine aboard their ship the Lucky Guess, for a final showdown with Teemo.

Concealed within crates containing illegal battle droids, the crew snuck into Teemos Palace and found themselves in a storage and maintenance area. Slicing into the compound's computer systems, they were able to obtain further proof of Teemo's treachery, however the effort caused a power surge which locked them out of the system. 

The crew located a group of gladiators in the palace's cells, and were able to convince (bribe) them to join them in taking down Teemo. Equipped with weapons found in the storage area, the crew marched into Teemo's throneroom to confront the Hutt. 

Teemo reacted predictably when he saw his former employees, and began threatening them. When the crew presented the information they had obtained and informed the Hutt that they were planning on informing his relative, Jabba, about his unauthorised actions, Teemo decided to try and negotiate. But the party wanted none of that. 

A vicious firefight broke out. Sasha suffered a severe injury and was nearly killed, but was dragged out of danger by a couple of the liberated gladiators. One by one Teemo's bodyguards fell under the fire of the crew, with Teemo failing miserably to get a decent shot off with his gigantic large bore pistol.

Finally, Pash's well placed shot to the cable supporting a massive chandelier suspended above the Hutt's head brought the mass of steel and crystal crashing down upon the Hutt's throne, killing Teemo instantly. The rest of Teemo's thugs fled at the death of their master, and the crew were finally free of the Hutt's grasp.

As the crew returned to the Lucky Guess and made ready to leave Tattooine, they received a call from Jabba the Hutt. Word had spread of Teemo's death and Jabba was furious at the crew for killing his kin. However when the crew presented the evidence they had gathered about Teemo's activities, Jabba calmed down. He informed the crew they were no longer wanted, but they had to leave the system, or suffer further reprisals.

Ota, grateful for the crew's help in taking out Teemo, awarded the crew a sum of 50,000CR and a promise to keep in touch with them in the event that he had more work for them. The crew returned to their ship on Geonosia and, secure in the knowledge that they were no longer wanted fugitives, set their navicomputer for a distant star system.