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The Bad Religion 1993 story by
Jonathan Hicks Under a year
after Episode IV – A
New Hope 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. The Bad Religion 1993 story by Jonathan Hicks Under a year after Episode IV – A New Hope Histories – Originally a 1993 role-play
scenario mastered by Jonathan Hicks,
this adventure was one of the major games of the mid 1990’s. Set during the time when nerves were frayed
and tempers short between the characters, this early journey to Janos was
pivotal in cementing many of their reputations – and earning them the close
attentions of the Janos Executioners. This scenario was originally mentioned in
detail in the Jan Lomona and the Sirens of Amagad story before it was
removed and expanded upon here. Cast
of Characters
Jan Lomona Goah Galletti Ryath Centaur Carlonian Feese Newell Arrithat Redd Garmich Frans Latka Clara Ilken |