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For use with the Dark Side Sourcebook

Signal Interruption

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BY JESSE DECKER

ILLUSTRATED BY ADAM HUGHES

ignal Interruption takes place on

Naboo during the events described in

the first part of The Phantom Menace.

When the Trade Federation decided to

invade Naboo and take it by force of arms,

its first step was to cut off Naboo’s commu-

nications and sensor systems.Part of that

plan involved some covert operations

before the actual invasion against a few of

Naboo’s sensor arrays.This adventure

details a raid by a group of free agents (the

heroes) against a small sensor array near

the city of Kwilaan.Since the Trade Federa-

tion has not yet decided to invade Naboo,it

dares not use its own forces,thus maintain-

ing the ability to deny any involvement in

the raid,should something go wrong.

This short adventure is designed to intro-

duce beginning players and GMs to some of

the exciting concepts found in the new Dark

Side Sourcebook by Bill Slavicsek and JD

Wiker.You don’t have to have the Dark Side

Sourcebook to play,but the guidelines in

that book will prove helpful in running this

scenario.Because this adventure takes place

on Naboo,the additional source material in

the Secrets of Naboo campaign pack by

Steve Miller also might come in handy.

Finally, Signal Interruption uses the rules,

maps,and characters found in the Star Wars

Invasion of Theed Adventure Game, so you’ll

need the adventure game to play.

playingGame rules.Allow the players to

create 1st-level heroes,and replace the GM

characters as follows:

•

Replace the Naboo security forces in

Encounter 2 with an equal number of

Thug 2 characters from page 277 of the

core rulebook.

Introduction

Signal Interruption details three encoun-

ters:a meeting with the Trade Federation

agent,a brief fight with Naboo security

forces,and the battle at the communica-

tions array.This scenario uses the rules,

maps,and characters found in the Star

Wars Invasion of Theed Adventure Game.

Gather together the rulebook,dice,maps,

and the punch-out tokens to represent the

heroes and villains in this adventure.(You

should set aside the Naboo Citizen,Palace

Guard,Thug,and Merc tokens,as well as

the Door,Wall,and hero tokens.) Next,

download and print out this adventure’s

maps;you’ll have to tile together Map 2

along the rule lines provided.

•

Replace the soldiers guarding the com-

munications array in Encounter 3 with

an equal number of Thug 2 characters.

•

Replace the technicians in Encounter 3

with Expert 4 characters from page 269

of the core rulebook.

•

Replace the Expert’s Knowledge (medi-

cine) and Knowledge (physiology) with

Repair and Knowledge (physics).

Additional Credits

» Editing and Web Production:

Sue Weinlein Cook

» Web Development: Thom Beckman

» Cartography: Todd Gamble

» Art Direction: Sean Glenn

» Graphic Design: Kyle Hunter

» Lucas Licensing: Leland Chee

» Creative Director: Thomas M. Reid

Playing With the Core Rulebook

If you’re an experienced player or GM,you

can use this adventure with Star Wars Role-

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Before you begin play,choose who will be

the Gamemaster — the person who presents

the adventure to the players.The material in

this adventure is for the Gamemaster only.It

explains all the details about the opponents

the heroes will face and the secrets they

must discover.Then the other players all

choose characters.You can use the heroes

from the Star Wars Invasion of Theed Adven-

ture Game with very few changes.

If a question comes up that isn’t covered

in the rules or the adventure text,just make

your own decision about it and continue.

The trick is to have fun;don’t get bogged

down in the rules.Keep the adventure mov-

ing,be fair,and enjoy yourselves.

porarily deactivate a Naboo sensor array.

Although he’s working for the Trade Federa-

tion,Raymas never lets on that he’s running

more than a simple smuggling operation.In

reality,the Trade Federation wants the array

inoperable for a few hours to make sure

that their jamming satellites get into place

undetected,but Raymas claims that he just

wants to get an important shipment of rare

spices past the array.Less tax,Raymas says

with a smile,equals more profit.

The heroes should have questions like

where,when,and how the raid will take

place.Raymas needs the raid to occur any

time during the next night.He explains that

he’ll be able to detect when the heroes have

deactivated the array,at which point he’ll

land his ship in the city.He also can describe

the layout and security forces in Encounter 3.

If the heroes seem reluctant to take the

assignment,Raymas can sweeten the deal,

taking the final offer up to 10,000 credits,

but he won’t go higher than that.Once the

heroes have finished negotiations,proceed

to Encounter 2.

runs for the back exit.Before you realize

exactly what happened,the three men

start shooting at Raymas.As you react,

one of them turns his gun on you.

Combat Set Up

Door pieces from the Invasion of Theed

boxed set as shown on Map 1 on the next

page.The heroes can start anywhere within

the area labeled “Start Here.”The three

thug tokens represent the Naboo security

forces,and the one merc figure represents

Raymas.Raymas starts at the edge of the

map and moves off it on his first action,

effectively removing himself from the com-

bat.Use the stat block below to represent

each of the Naboo guards.

Dark Side Characters

Chapter 2 of he Dark Side Sourcebook con-

tains information helpful to Gamemasters

portraying villains in heroic campaigns.It

also provides advice for players who see

their heroes as being on their way to the

dark side — or already there.The following

encounter descriptions assume a heroic

group of characters whose sympathies lie

with the Naboo.Notes following each sec-

tion detail a few ideas for incorporating

dark side characters.

Naboo Security Forces (3)

Level 1;Initiative 10;Vitality Points:0;

Wound Points:10;Speed:5 spaces;Defense:

14;Attack:1d20+3 (blaster);Damage:3d6

(blaster);Saves:Fortitude 1d20+1,Reflex

1d20 +2,Will 1d20+0;General Skills:Com-

puter Use (1d20+4);Intimidate (1d20+4),

Search (1d20+4),Spot (1d20+4)

Dark Side Characters

Heroes tempted by the dark side will have

little trouble deciding to accept the assign-

ment — it shouldn’t take long,and the pay

is good.

Dark Side Characters

Dark side characters should have less of a

problem with this encounter than more

heroic individuals.Giving in to the dark side

— that is,attacking as soon as the security

officers draw their weapons — is the

swiftest way to deal with the encounter.

Encounter 1: This Is Only A Test

As the adventure begins,the heroes have

agreed to meet with Raymas Daal,a small-

time Human criminal who recently has made

it big.Word on the street is that he has a

powerful new backer with lots of money to

throw around.Although Raymas’s motives

aren’t always pure,he pays well,he has a rep-

utation for being reliable,and the heroes are

short on funds.The meeting takes place at a

small restaurant in the city of Kwilaan.

When the heroes get to the restaurant,

they notice that Raymas has not yet arrived.

Read or paraphrase the following text to

the players to begin the encounter:

Encounter 2: Do Not Attempt

to Adjust Your Screen

Just when the heroes start running out of

questions,the conversation comes to an

abrupt halt.As he suspected,Raymas was fol-

lowed to the meeting.The security operatives

trailing him have no idea who the heroes are,

but they suspect that Raymas is working for

the Trade Federation and decide to take him

in for questioning.The operatives are all plain-

clothes members of the Naboo security

forces,but in this encounter,their lack of a

uniform probably will work against them.As

the conversation with Raymas winds down,

read or paraphrase the following text:

Encounter 3: Broadcast Signals

Using the information that Raymas pro-

vides,the characters can easily get within

striking distance of the lightly guarded sen-

sor array.Although the Naboo know that

tensions between their government and the

Trade Federation are mounting,they have no

reason to suspect that the Trade Federation

will attack the planet,much less this small

sensor array.To begin the encounter,arrange

the character tokens on Map 2 (see page 4)

in the area labeled “Start Here,”and place

four Palace Guard tokens as shown.Then

read or paraphrase the following text:

Just as you’re beginning to give up on

this meeting,Raymas walks into the

restaurant.He takes a quick look out the

door as it closes,then heads over to your

table.“Let’s make this quick,”he says,“I

think I was followed.”

Three men come through the restau-

rant door and head straight for your

table.The leader,a large Human with a

blaster pistol at his side,looks right at

Raymas and says,“Come with me,Daal,

I’ve got a few questions.”Raymas doesn’t

hesitate;he jumps out of his seat and

After a cautious approach,you’re

about as close to the sensor array as you

can get.To draw any nearer,you’ll have

to be pretty sneaky.What do you do?

Raymas offers the heroes a simple deal:

8,000 credits split between them to tem-

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Allow the players time to decide what to

do.The heroes can either juststartshoot-

ing,or they can try to sneak closer.If they

justbegin combat,skip down to the stat

blocks and play out the fight.If they try to

sneak closer,have the heroes make some

skill checks.

Every hero thatis trying to sneak closer

mustmake an opposed Hide and Move

Silently check.Make Spotand Listen checks

for the guards and compare the results to

each hero’s Hide and Move Silently results

to see whether they notice the characters.

For characters without the Hide or Move

Silently skills,or guards without the Spot

and Listen skills,justmake ability checks.

See page 7 of the adventure game rulebook

for more information on opposed skill

checks and ability checks.

Once the guards notice the heroes — or

once the heroes startshooting — play out

combatusing the following statistics for

the guards:

(blaster);Saves:Fortitude 1d20+1,Reflex

1d20 +2,Will 1d20+0;General Skills:Com-

puter Use (1d20+4);Intimidate (1d20+4),

Search (1d20+4),Spot(1d20+4)

adventures on Naboo could easily play

through those adventures as the nextstep

in a beginning campaign.

Alternatively,groups who feel up to tack-

ling the full Star Wars Roleplaying Game and

have an interestin playing some shady

characters could take on Cory Herndon’s

Operation Clodhopper .

If the GM wants to create brand-new

adventures,the group could investigate

Raymas and his mysterious backer.Heroic

groups could work to undo the trouble

they’ve unknowingly caused for the Naboo

government,and dark side groups could

continue working for the Trade Federation

— perhaps rising to the attention of the

dark Jedi behind the current troubles on

Naboo.…

Once the guards have been knocked out,

deactivating the sensor array for the

required time should be easy.Two techni-

cians work inside the array,but they won’t

fight the characters unless they come under

directattack.Even if attacked the techni-

cians first try to flee,unless their path away

from their attackers is completely blocked.If

the players force the technicians to fight,

use the stats for the Naboo Citizen on page

28 of the adventure game rulebook.

Disabling the array requires a successful

Computer Use check againstDC 10.Once

the array has been turned off,the heroes

have completed their mission and need

only track down Raymas again to collect

their reward.

About the Author

Website managing editor Jesse Decker has

previously held editorial positions with

T OP D ECK ®and D RAGON ®magazines.You can

find more of his adventures — The Candle-

maker’s Fire and Unearthing the Past —

online in the D UNGEONS & D RAGONS ®Cliffhang-

ers section of < www.wizards.com/dnd >.

Naboo Security Guards (4)

Level 1;Initiative 10;Vitality Points:0;

Wound Points:10;Speed:5 spaces;Defense:

14;Attack:1d20+3 (blaster);Damage:3d6

Back to Your Regularly Sched-

uled Programing

Since this adventure takes place right

before the adventures in the Invasion of

Theed box,groups wishing to continue their

Based on the Star Wars Roleplaying Game by Andy Collins,Bill Slavicsek,and JD Wiker,

utilizing mechanics developed for the new D UNGEONS & D RAGONS ® game by Jonathan

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