Adventure on Planet Ji’Jon, Part 1

Summary:

The party mis-jumped to the Nexus sector and is way off target and is nowhere near the Nexus Portal. On their way to Nexus they stopped at a newly colonized Madji planet named Ji’Jon. There is only one settlement on the planet based around their colony ship, the Jo’Fla (which they have been scavenging for parts).

As the party’s ship, the Truculent, heads towards the planet a small, very damaged Madji Frigate is leaving after it had performed emergency repairs. It brought news of a pitched battle with Silth ships at the nearby star of Po’Jami. They also discovered that refueling here will be very expensive because of the scarcity.

After landing they find that someone has stolen the town’s power generator’s fuel rods. If they recover them the mayor agrees to refuel their ship. The mayor has a device which can detect the direction the fuel rods are in and it points to some nearby mountains. The mayor suspects some radical, back-to-nature, elements in his town stole the rods – bonus points if the Truculent’s crew can discover the culprit in addition to recovering the rods.

Ji’jon was thoroughly surveyed prior to colonization guaranteeing that there was no indigenous intelligent life on the planet. The survey was wrong! While tracking the rods, the group encounters a race of creatures resembling a cross between kangaroos and dogs. They are able to easily leap 10 meters and stab with their spear. One of the Dowari pointed their spear at Boone obviously challenging him to a one-on-one duel. The Dowari began the duel with a powerful leap and stab with the spear, minorly wounding the well-armored Boone. Having only one weapon, a powerful Assault Rifle, Boone shot the Dowari stunning him and causing some serious bleeding. The Dowari warrior quickly acknowledged Boone’s combat prowess and conceded the duel.

Other Dowari challenged other party members to duels. Each ended just as predictably – the Dowari conceded the duel because of the party’s superior skill and weaponry. After the duels the Dowari led the party into their mountain cave and led them to the power rods.

It was obvious the the party that they were inside a buried spaceship! The power rods were reverently placed near their own generator. The Dowari knew from their sacred texts that they needed the rods to power up their ship but even the high-priest didn’t have the ability to install them. The party took pity on the Dowari and installed half the rods and took the other half back to town.

Needless to say the mayor was less than pleased to learn that their planetary claim may be in jeopardy and they had failed to recover all the rods.