MC AOTE: The Passenger - Summary

Nine Years after the events that saw the birth of the First Galactic Empire the Imperial regime can be felt everywhere. With a dictator ship in control rebellion blossoms and where there is rebellion there is arms smuggling. Nic White and the crew of the Echo took advantage of this fact and have just fulfilled a lucrative contract by taking weapons to the Independent space station A12-76.

To find more work the crew take on a long haul flight transporting swoop bikes to the restricted world of Alderaan, seeing as opportunity to make more money Jana goes looking for passengers who are desperate to get to the peaceful world.

The fugitive Jedi, Ryshana Oliaya, herself sees an opportunity to find a way to escape her imperial pursuers by paying for transport on the Mercenary freighter. Unknowing their passenger is a Jedi, Jana also takes on a high paying extradition contract taking the infamous ‘galaxy killer’ and an Alderaan police man.

With the passengers on board and a full cargo the crew have to make a rapid departure when Stormtroopers come marching towards the ship. The crew then engage in a fight around the station against TIE fighters seeking to stop the Echo’s escape. The crew are victorious and escape the Imperials by jumping into Hyperspace.

While in Hyperspace the Crew all sleep and the prisoner takes the opportunity to escape and kills Officer wade before he disables the Hyperdrive. Nic discovers the prisoner and begin a fight that he seems to be winning until Jana decides to see what is happening. The ‘Galaxy Killer’ takes her at knifepoint and he attempts to drag her towards the ships head hunter so he can escape. All seems dire until Ryshana uses her force powers to save Jana and manages to flush the psychopath out of the Echo’s airlock.

With the prisoner problem dealt with another occurs when the ships proximity alarms start sounding, an Imperial Dreadnaught hunting the Jedi. Now known to be a Jedi by the Crew Ryshana tries to ensure she will make it to Alderaan but ends up having to save Nic from a falling support beam in the common room. Nic takes the Jedi to the Med-bay just in time for the crew to escape into hyperspace.

After Ryshana gains consciousness Nic offers the Jedi a safe place to hide on board his ship…