[Q6 – LS] Raiders of the Lost Art - 11 – Encounter at Skoova's

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Raiders of the Lost Art - A Star Wars Mysteries Story

Chapter Overview with Link:

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Raiders of the Lost Art - Follow the story here!

Chapter 01 - Prologue [N7 - LS]

Chapter 02 - Finding Art [M11 - LS]

Chapter 03 - Aurora Squadron Returns [L9 - LS]

Chapter 04 - Secret Meeting on Coruscant [L9 - LS]

Chapter 05 - At the Vonreg Mansion [L9 - LS]

Chapter 06 - Coronet Spaceport [M11 - LS]

Chapter 07 - Corellia Speeder Bike Chase [M11 - LS]

Chapter 08 - The Temple Raid [O7 - LS]

Chapter 09 - The Trip to Aetwelt [Q6 - LS]

Chapter 10 - Shag City [Q6 - LS]

Chapter 11 - Meeting at Skoova's [Q6 - LS]

 

 

Dramatis Personae:

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Protagonists:

Name: Ward Len'ya
Species: Bothan
Affiliation: New Republic / Bothan spynet
Objective: In pursuit of art plundered by the Empire during its rule. He believes baron Vonreg is the key figure to get access to the emperor's treasures.
Character: Len'ya is known to be a heartless tactician, putting the Rebellion/Republic first

Name: Xher
Species: Falleen
Affiliation: New Republic
Objective: Hired by Len'ya as a bodyguard, she follows his lead
Character: Xher is distrustful and cynical and an experienced fighter for her young age

Name: Arthemias Bolt
Species: Human
Affiliation: New Republic
Objective: Recently persuaded by his old comerade Len'ya to retire from retirement and help to find the imperial plunder.
Character: Bolt is an aged but legendary rebel spy who spent most of the last two decades undercover.

Name: Rietta
Species: Ugnaught
Affiliation: New Republic
Objective: Rietta is the Quartermaster on board of the Cloudrunner. She is responsible for supplies and equipment.
Character: Rietta is very pragmatic and not very chatty. She loves to collect spare parts and improve equipment. She has an affinity for explosives and heavy weaponry too.

Name: Bizzy Walsh
Species: Human
Affiliation: New Republic
Objective: to follow her sisters footsteps and become a decorated fighter pilot.
Character: Joyful and light-hearted, she never overthinks the dangers of combat.

Antagonists:

Name: Baron Ezhugh Vonreg
Species: Human
Affiliation: New Republic and/or Empire
Objective: unclear
Character: Vonreg has been (pretending to be?) a fiery worshipper of the late Emperor.
Now that the Empire is shattered, he made himself indispensable for the New Republic.
Vonreg is an art lover and collector. He is ruthless and conspiratorial.

Name: Yulion-Paer Kuenaga
Species: Human
Affiliation: Empire
Objective: to flee from the ISB's grip on Coruscant
Character: The aged professor was member of Palpatines inner circle and served as curator of the late emperors treasures.
Following the imperial doctrine, he considers non-humans as second class except for their apex cultural accomplishments, that need to be secured for the empire.  

 

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Chapter 11 - Encounter at Skoova's

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After their arrival in Shag City, Ward Len'ya leaves the others for a mission of his own. His destination is a little tavern named Skoova’s, at the outskirts of the busy town …

» Hey furhead! You know this one? A Bothan walks into a bar. He dies. «

» Dengar. If it were all about humor, you'd be the best bounty hunter in the galaxy. «

» Grr. What do you want? You, walking in here... That is no coincidence, right? «

» Funny and smart! You were working for Big Momma recently *. «

(* see the story by @Jody Meyer )

» So? «

» I have an important message for her. I need you to deliver it. «

» Playing messenger is below my standards. «

» I didn't know you had any.

Anyway. It's a fair deal: I got credits, you have a fast ship and Momma trusts you enough to listen. «

» Hmm. I'll consider it... «

» Hey! There seems to be gunfight at the main road! The Empire is rolling out some heavy equipment! «

» Oh, I have a bad feeling about this... «

 

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Hello everyone! Welcome to Chapter 11 of RotLA. The premise for this vignette and Len'yas encounter with Dengar was that it should be in some kind of rustic tavern with a fish tank, inspired by the Saloon from the Jedi Survivor video game. One thing led to the other and suddenly I was working on a minifig version of Skoova Stev. So it became his bar on Aetwelt. I hope you like it.

Sentinel_Brix

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[Eternal Maul]

Nice bar vibes with the wood floor. I love how dengar is added to thé story.

[Yperio_Bricks]

Yeah, nice bar vibes! And it looks like a fitting watering hole for a swamp planet and with all the scum and shady patrons the barkeeper better keeps his pistol near him! The barrel tables, the fish tank - only a harpoon is missing on the wall

And i love the smoking device! I think i have to steal this technique in the future...

[Sentinel_Brix]

On 8/29/2024 at 2:46 PM, Eternal Maul said:

Nice bar vibes with the wood floor. I love how dengar is added to thé story.

 

On 8/29/2024 at 8:47 PM, Yperio_Bricks said:

Yeah, nice bar vibes! And it looks like a fitting watering hole for a swamp planet and with all the scum and shady patrons the barkeeper better keeps his pistol near him! The barrel tables, the fish tank - only a harpoon is missing on the wall

And i love the smoking device! I think i have to steal this technique in the future...

Thanks, both of you 

A harpoon! That's a great idea. I should have thought about it. That would fit Skoova's well. Second thought I don't know if I have one 

[MKJoshA]

Some really great details here. Your custom frog(?) alien is great. And the round fish tank is impressive.

[Sentinel_Brix]

3 hours ago, MKJoshA said:

Some really great details here. Your custom frog(?) alien is great. And the round fish tank is impressive.

Thank you very much 

The alien is an attempt to minifigurize Skoova Stev from the video game Jedi Survivor:

In "reality " he is much smaller than the minifig in relation to the humanoids