While tearing apart two used and badly damaged swoops, you get a call on the holo-transceiver. You pull yourself out from under one of the bikes, wipe your hands on a nearby rag, and answer the call. The tiny blue image of a fat, hairy Toydarian materializes in front of you. “What do you want Garn? I told you I would have the two swoops torn down by tomorrow.” Garn flutters in and out of view, his stunted wings beating furiously, “Uhhh…I need to see you about the job.” “Garn you know I don’t like changing a deal after starting work. If you want to renegotiate, fine. But over the Holo ok, I’m busy.” “No, no. That’s not it. I…” Garn scratches his brown and bulbous snout, “need to see you in perssonn. Come to the parts yard okayy? I’ll pay you for the time huh.” Something isn’t right here. Garn is definitely afraid of something - or someone. “I’ll be over.” You say hesitantly, shutting down the holo. The grainy blue image of the nervous Toydarian fades away. That was odd. Anybody could see Garn was not in his right skin. Garn wasn’t just nervous; he was terrified. He tried to hide it from you but failed. As far back as you can remember you have had a certain feeling when dealing with others. A hunch some would call it but it’s more than a hunch, at times it becomes overwhelming. Strong emotions hit you like Kuati spice wine. When that happens you become disoriented. At other times you just seem to know when people are lying. If you didn’t need his business so badly you would tell Garn to beat his stubby wings into the upper atmosphere and get blown away, but instead you walk into a dark alcove just off the main repair bay, open a locker and grab a Republic blaster pistol. You shove the tiny blaster securely between your tool belt and your left hip. You have a bad feeling about this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you close down shop and take X7-3 with you? (read entry 3a) Do you leave X7-3 in charge of the shop* and go alone? (read entry 3b) * X7-3 is capable of performing routine tasks that don't include security, but he doesn't deal with customers very well.

In this adventure you will take the part of Danthis O’dar, a struggling, down-on-his-luck swoop mechanic in the settlement of Bant Station on the planet of Ord Mantell. The posts will be numbered sequentially. This first post will be background information with no choice at the end; however, at the end of following posts you will be given a choice. Based on that choice you will be directed to read a specific entry in the next post. Read only the indicated entry, not the entire post. The choices you make will determine the course of your story. What you will need: > A pencil or pen and paper to keep track of Danthis’ successes and failures as you progress through the story > A 6 sided die Here we go... ___________________________________________ For several years you have been fixing and modifying swoop bikes for the local swoop racers on Ord Mantell. You have always been very talented mechanically. Your father was the first to notice your natural ability with machines when you were a boy. Your earliest memories involve wandering the warehouse where he worked, helping him repair and maintain droids for the local authorities on Ord Mantell. You never knew your mother and your father never once spoke of her. When you were twelve years old your father died in a droid repair accident. You never understood the whole story, but the accident report stated a welder droid, being used for salvage at the time, turned on the repair crew your father supervised. The droid killed your father and three of his workers. Although an investigation was promised, there was never an investigation. A local swoop bike racer and friend of your father’s named Lan Daristol took you on as a junior member of his race team. He fed you, let you live in his quarters on the lower side of Bant Station, and taught you how to ride. You learned techniques in speeder and swoop repair from the senior members of Lan's crew and grew rapidly into the best mechanic on Ord Mantell. At the age of 16 you opened your own shop. Such a young swoop mechanic going out on his own shocked many people, but you didn’t care. The novelty generated extra customers and more work. As business ramped up and the shop became known, you hired on talented people, mostly friends, from the swoop race circuit Those were the good years. Business was plentiful. The racers came to your shop for custom modifications to their bikes. They paid quite well for your personal attention and you were happy to see to their needs. Some of the racers wanted additional gravitational dampeners to improve handling or extra layers of duronium plating on the chassis to protect their bikes from the constant nicks and collisions endured on the circuit. The more adventurous pilots wanted outlandish propulsion systems. No problem. If you could get a hold of the right parts – and you always did - you were the one to go to and everyone knew it. Among the swoop racer community you became known as, “Fixxer.” Using the profits accumulated from the bike shop, you acquired a personal repair droid named X7-3. You outfitted X7-3 with the latest array of repair tools and modification equipment packages. You also bought a large, very comfortable personal landspeeder. You altered the speeder by adjusting the strength of the accelerator beyond the legal limits prescribed by the Ord Mantell Vehicle Authority - not that anyone listened to those guys. At night after work you would drink too much Corellian ale and spend lavish amounts of credits on off-world dancers. The nightlife of Ord Mantell enticed you with a thousand varied pleasures from the far corners of the outer rim. Times were good. But that was then and this is… Now. Now you could kick yourself. Every night you fall asleep wondering why you didn’t save up credits when you could. About two years ago business started to dry up. After a high ranking Republic official was charged with paying a Rodian racer named Leedro Yans to murder another racer to ensure a winning bet, the swoop scene had no choice but to accept some heavy handed regulations from the O.M.V.A., backed up by the Republic. The swoop circuit had to clean up its act or it would be forced to shut down. The offending official was charged and convicted with the crime and sent to a Republic detention facility. Leedro Yans left the circuit and quietly disappeared into the Outer Rim. After the incident, interest in the races declined. It wasn’t that people stopped going to the races or stopped cheering for their favorite racers, but the swoop inspired mania that fueled your business took a serious hit. As the business slowed you were forced to remove friends you had known since childhood from the pay roster of the shop and even though you made an excellent profit off the racers, you still had to borrow heavily to acquire the latest upgrades from the top Mag-Lev companies. Now you owe them all: Mantell Motors, the Corellian Swoop Consortium, Duros Suspension Drive Yards, among others. In retrospect you realize your business grew too quickly. The shop’s supernova like expansion brought in a lot of fast credits, but when the race scene calmed down, it you left you over-extended. About six months ago a concerned group of your creditors came to Ord Mantell to have a look at your current business profile. The unpleasant evening ended with you giving vague assurances that business would get better, that you would pay down the loans shortly. They weren’t pleased, and they weren't interested in what you were selling.

Would like a familiar planet. Makeb is nice and all (looks good), but ... Dantooine Naboo Geonosis Onderon Raxis Prime Bothawui

I agree with this post 100%

1 Female Smuggler 2 Female Sith Warrior 3. Male Imperial Agent

That's great.

Haha, smooth.

See my signature Ad Lib Vette: It didn't take long to start the Dromund Kaas death toll SW: It was a long shuttle ride. LoL

Thanks for this guide.

"Juggling lightsabers in his underwear." Everything else is invalid.

I didn't see anything new come up on my Archaeology task list. I'll check again next time I log in.

Crafting mission. What are they? On a larf I bought a 'Archaeology crafting mission' from the GTN, right clicked it and it said, "You have learned Treasure Map." What does that mean? Nothing new appeared on my quest tracker...

Naboo, Geonosis, Ryloth

I was playing my Jedi Knight, Enthis yesterday. When I learned of Kira's dubious background a very dark musical track (which I love, very ominous) kicked in. Standing by myself in that dark bay of the Defender I realized I was alone in this quest, and that I might have to confront Kira at some point if she falls back in with her "Father". It was one of the more memorable moments I've had while gaming.

This game brings a lot new features to the MMO space; features I can appreciate.