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>>>Goah Galletti, Jan Lomona, Frans Latka, Ryath Centaur and his romantic attachment Clara, Carlonian Feese, and Newell Arrithat, one of Glann Cipples men and a proponent of deadly knives, embarked on a mission to the planet Janos aboard the Shadow of the Phoenix, Goah Galletti’s ship. They embarked on a mission that involved delivering a data-disk to a secret location on the planet Weaktreen. Tempers were short. Lomona and Galletti were at odds over their romantic relationships with Frans and had ceased operating as partners.  Feese and Galletti, loathsome of each other at the best of times were involved in a fracas on board the Phoenix en route to Janos and were pulled apart by the timely intervention of Lomona. Upon arrival at Janos the Phoenix was parked outside the doors of the Great Monastery on the continent of Woron.  Waiting for them was Redd Garmich, their Janite liaison and assistant on planet who invited them into the Monastery. After an initially uneasy meal, mixing with the staunch and starchy priests, Redd uncharacteristically began making romantic advances towards Frans.  Affronted, Lomona told him to mind his manners but soon after the wine flowed freely and the Janos males begin the same routine.   Eventually the night descended into a relatively good-natured drinking session and the team retired to the Phoenix, where upon arrival they realised that Frans was no longer with them.   Angered Galletti contacted Redd who told them that Frans had decided to remain at the Great Monastery with the Janites and that she wouldn’t be returning.  Within moments Jan, Goah, Ryath, Feese and Arrithat were banging on the doors of the Monastery demanding her return.  Redd Garmich appeared, offering them jewels, credits and gems in return for their friend, to compensate them for her loss.  In a moment of apoplectic rage Galletti shot Garmich in the head at close range and stormed the Monastery.  Almost immediately six Janite Templars appeared to defend their territory and avenge the death of Garmich but were swiftly overcome by the five angry men.  In moments they were inside, and quickly entered a massive room filled with huge ornate statues and finery. However, they soon realised that there was only one way into the room, the far door being secured.  Galletti recognised the room to be the Inner Sanctum, one of the most holy buildings on the continent of Woron, indeed the whole of Janos, and as if to emphasise the fact the room was stormed by Janos Executioners brandishing their deadly force pikes and swords.  But these admittedly deadly weapons were no match for the flash of Blaster’s and stun grenades set to kill and again the opposition was despatched with haste.  Seeing that their only route forward was to blow the massive doors Feese and Centaur rigged them with explosives and waited for the charges to ignite.  They did, and with a tremendous crash the doors began to fall inwards, striking the nearest statue and causing it to topple over into the next statue, and the next. Amidst the confusion and smoke Centaur spotted Feese losing his orientation and stepping into the path of the descending doors above.  Without a second thought he leaped out and saved Feese, even though the rest of the team would rather have seen him dead and out of the way.  The dust cleared, and they saw a harem, and the women within its plush upholstered walls were amongst the most beautiful in the galaxy.  But after a very thorough search they found no sign of Frans.  Ryath waited with the frightened women as the other four moved into the next room where, to their immense relief, they found Frans being bathed in milk and prepared for initiation into the harem. Quickly they dispatched the priests; Jan threw a robe around Frans’ wet and naked body and exited the ceremonial room.  Soon however they realised that they were massively out-numbered so Centaur called Clara, who’d been waiting patiently in the Phoenix, over the comm.  Moments later the walls around them began to blister and then they exploded as the Phoenix hovered in waiting for them, ramp invitingly down and guns hot.  In the fracas that ensued they managed to herd twenty women aboard but in the process of doing so lost Arrithat, knocked unconscious from a blow to the skull.  With regret they were forced to leave him behind.  A short while later Centaur went in with Blaster’s blazing to liberate Arrithat. Ultimately Jan, Ryath, Galletti, Arrithat and Feese all left Janos with death warrants on their heads from the Woron Clan of the Janos Executioners.