Ambush?

I wake up again (always a good sign) to Spook beeping a reminder that I need to get to the meeting place as it is time to go back to work - for me at least. She hasn't stopped working. I get dressed - this is a good place to stay between events. Cozy-like. I am sure that Lady Zaye will feed us again, so I head to our meeting place and get there just before they bring in So' Zen in restraints - it is a good luck for him.
 
Conversation is on-going and it reminds me that So' Zen is not himself but has been taken over by a Doctor Stavin. Seems he made a break for it and was captured until he could be returned to our custody. Always having to babysit a Jedi. Conversation flows with nothing much being said. Then Lady Zake asks if anyone ordered a food droid. Why would we do that when we knew she would be cooking? Then I wake up and remind everyone about the assassination attempts and that we should be careful. The mentat, Reece checks it with his medical glove and finds nothing explosive - just food in a heating unit. Some of the foods are toxic to humans but are okay for most other races. Maybe it is a bribe? Vanya disappears into the hallway, and I hear her mumbling. She comes back just as Reece returns with a cup of caf. Apparently, the food droid was just on a normal vending run to see how much it could sell in the neighborhood. Then I am surprised to get a communication from Spook wanting to know if I can used slightly used shock gloves and repulsor boots. We engage in some spirited discussion and then I hear Reece ask if anyone thought to check the torpedoed ship debris.
 
I confessed that Spook and I did and inquired if he knew a B'terf Inger? He did and said that the three of them were classmates. Hoping that I do not regret this, I turn over the commlink I found for him to see if he can decrypt it. He attempts first to scan for DNA, but I don't think he had the glove on. Anyway, he checked the commlink and didn't find anything on it, but he does think that it was in the process of sending a message to a ship in orbit at the moment that I fired my final solution. Conversation continues and then Vanya suggests that Lady Zaye and her children should get into the basement. Vanya asks for volunteers to do a distraction and I jump up because I am tired of all the talking. We head to the front door, and I see Reece heading to the back door. So' Zen (I mean Doc S.!) heads toward the refresher closet with the real Doc behind him.
 
We step outside and see a figure walking up the road. As it gets closer, we can see it is the Chancelor - ALONE. Then from behind the house we hear a girly scream and words that let us know that the Doc has made another escape attempt. What is he so determined to find? Vanya asks me to stun him, so I go around the side of the house and fire off a stun blast. He is apparently learning how to use So 'Zen reflexes as he dodges. I grit my teeth and take my second shot and he goes down like an ox. Vanya texts to check in and I respond with the facts. The troopers come and grab the Doc and carry him back inside. I follow and it turns into a conference with the Chancelor. She asks for our help in getting a local warlord to be on the side of right - seems like a lost cause, but it will give us something to do that isn't sitting around talking. The Doc perks up when he hears we will be going north. He is ready to go now without even worrying about supplies. Something strange about that.
 
I get another message from Spook. She has liberated some shock shurikens and these don't need to be sterilized. I think I should start to worry about what Spook is doing while I am not around, but at the same time I don't really have to worry about my bank account and we always have the necessary supplies. Decisions, decisions, decisions.
 
We get ready to head out to the warlord's abode. I am in my X-wing while Davish handles the shuttle. Once we get there, I will leave Spook in the ship to protect it and bring it to me if necessary. I can see that the shore is more of a cliff face and the sea? That is sand or maybe a slurry? We land and have a quick discussion about how to enter and if we should take any precautions. I keep to the back and off to the side to have the greater flexibility as we walk up to the front door and knock. No kidding, we actually knock on the door. We are welcomed in, and the formal introductions start. I keep an eye to see what might be in the background sneaking up on us. They appear to be as worried about an ambush as we are. That strikes me as odd. I keep count of entrances and exits, how many men are visible, and an open commlink to Spook so she can arrive with guns blazing if necessary. As we enter the main hall, I am just keeping my eyes open, and my mind engaged with worry about what they might be hiding.
 
I find a nice corner and keep my eyes open while the diplomats talk. I eat politely, but drink nothing. Spook checks in every so often and she tells me that there is a sandstorm brewing off in the distance, but it doesn't seem to be moving any closer. I ask her to do a scan of the obelisk. She discovers the there is a hollow at the top of the obelisk that has have three crystals that seem to form windows maybe? It also seems that there is a room underneath the obelisk just like the other one. The only difference seems to be that hollow with the crystals on the top. Then Vanya and Reece come over to my corner and start talking Vor politics. Suddenly Spook sends me a priority message about an incoming attack from winged jet packers. I tell Spook to bring the X-wing to me as I run for the door.
 
I get outside to see grav nets deployed on MY X-WING!! How dare they? I go back inside to see what this warlord has to offer and he has a modified air car with weapons!! An escort takes me to the shuttle to get me in the shuttle and get familiar with the weapons.