REBEL FORCES (poster 1 in series of 4): THE MACAAB MUSHROOM MISSION

Adventure Outline: In this adventure we had to extract bio-components from rare mushrooms: Vavo 6 was a mind-altering drug manufactured by the Empire for "bringing out the honesty" in their enemies during "processing." We Rebels needed an antidote in case one of our own was captured by the Empire, so we could resist their drugs.

Lt. Umi Rom (Human female: lower left beside her father Jakmon), Velexa Namoon (Falleen female: green reptilian middle far left) & D'Kullia D'Shane (Human female: right of Velexa), and Ikcin Mokab (Formassan female: red-haired female changing into her beast-form at top left) had a mission for the Rebel Alliance: to meet up with an operative, namely Pal Vester (not shown here), who was a scientist collecting data and doing some experimenting with Macaab Mushrooms. These fungi (upper left corner) apparently had some sort of chemical in them that could be used as an antidote against truth serums and specifically Vavo 6. The Macaab mushrooms, some as tall as the jungle canopy, were located in a dense jungle on the planet Arzid.

Little did we know that spiders as large as elephants were living among them. Note to self: always remember to refer to the ship's database before venturing into an unknown area, and then be prepared to be surprised anyway because the database is sometimes woefully outdated. At one point we were attacked by an Aracnor spider (top center under stormtroopers). After we managed to get out of that mess, we began our ascent to the tops of the mushrooms.

Ikcin fell from the top of one of the mushrooms, and we didn't notice she was missing until the Stormtroopers came into our area and found her. We saw them drag her off, so with our few samples (extracted into huge syringes) from the mushrooms, we intended to overtake her captors before they arrived back in the city.  However we had some technical issues and were stranded overnight in Macaab Forest. We also met up with Forest Brethren (something like a cross between a wolf and an green ape, lower right hand corner): they became agitated with us because we had saved a small primate (see what Velexa is holding) that they were using as bait for bigger prey. They managed to get ahold of one of our blasters, but we managed not to get hit. Eventually we repaired our skiff and continued on our way without further incident.

We came back to civilization and luckily, because of the fog in the area, we were not seen... By Darth Vader. Also present was Brezzac (above Darth Vader), an elite Stormtrooper who was reporting to the Dark Sith Lord. Their presence on this planet meant something important was going down. We couldn't immediately get back to our ship because the place was crawling with 'Troopers. So we kept a low profile in a local bar (low lighting is sometimes a good thing!)where we caught up with Ikcin, or so we thought. She claimed she had somehow escaped, apparently with the aid of a Lt. Fawn, an Imperial Officer (just to the left of Darth Vader).  With some surveillance and eavesdropping we found out about what some old arch-enemies were up to: Vorn and Tarc (upper right hand corner). Velexa eavesdropped on an important conversation and it led us all to the Mendicar Mines.

If that wasn't enough, just before we left for the mines, Umi met up with her estranged father on this mission (lower left). He was on the run, and apparently did seem reformed from his former days of being a bounty hunter for the Empire. He offered his services and then left in a hurry.

In the meantime, the plans were laid to halt the goings-on at the Mendicar Mines... Which brings us to POSTER NUMBER 2: