The Signal from Tellan-7

This is the complete adventure. Read it before session 1; reference the act-by-act sections during play. Players should read the spoiler-free overview instead — every twist, NPC, and ending is below.

If this is your first time running a SWURPG adventure, the Adventures hub covers how to run an encounter, the DC ladder, ad-hoc decision making, pacing, and other general guidance that applies to every adventure. This document handles the Tellan-7-specific content.

Synopsis

A coded distress signal has been broadcasting from an abandoned communications relay on Tellan-7 — a small ice-and-rock moon at the edge of frontier space — for three weeks. The signal is being keyed by Sevren Doh, a marooned xenobiology researcher whose ship was sabotaged by people who didn't want his findings to surface. He's hiding in the relay's inner sanctum, rationing emergency supplies, and running the only signal he could without revealing his identity.

Thessa Vaas, a Falleen salvage broker who runs a small office above the spaceport cantina at the nearest inhabited port, hires the PCs to investigate. She tells them it's salvage and recovery work; she doesn't tell them she has reason to suspect a person is alive at the other end and wants Sevren's research data more than she wants Sevren himself.

The PCs travel to Tellan-7, fight off frontier wildlife at the landing zone, encounter a small competing salvage crew (which they can fight, befriend, or sneak past), traverse the outer compound through environmental hazards, solve a small puzzle to open the inner chambers, and find Sevren — frightened, weakened, but alive.

Then the Wraith Hand arrive. A pirate crew under the calm, professional command of Captain Vex Krell, hired by the same parties who sabotaged Sevren's ship to finish what was started. They want Sevren dead and the data destroyed.

The PCs face a moral choice: extract Sevren (combat finale), destroy the relay and flee with him (no intel recovered), negotiate with Vex (Persuasion DC 18 with leverage), or betray Sevren to the pirates for credits (dark path with sequel hook).

Each branch resolves into a return to the spaceport, payoff with Thessa Vaas (who may herself try to short-change them), and a clean advancement from Lv 1 to Lv 2 for the entire party.

The Real Story

What the PCs uncover over the course of the adventure — staged as paydirt rather than dumped at the front:

• Sevren Doh is the lead researcher on a small private xenobiology survey. His team was studying anomalous biotech in this sector — a project he'll only describe in vague terms because the PCs aren't his clients. The findings would reshape the local biotech market.
• His ship was sabotaged. A coolant-line failure forced him to crash-land near the relay. He survived; the rest of his team didn't. He's been broadcasting from inside the facility since because his ship's transmitter is gone.
• The people who sabotaged him hired the Wraith Hand. Vex Krell knows Sevren by name; this is targeted, not opportunistic.
• Thessa Vaas is a fixer, not a friend. Her contract is genuine — she'll pay — but she has her own buyer for any data Sevren carries. If the PCs bring Sevren back warm and uncooperative, she'll lean hard for them to "encourage" him to share. If they bring Sevren in cold, she'll pay them slightly less but ask fewer questions.
• The signal itself is real. Sevren wasn't faking distress for credits; he genuinely needs help. His distress code happens to match a deprecated commercial broker pattern, which is how Thessa picked it up.

How the Party Met

Pick one of the four general framings from the Adventures hub and lock it in before session 1. The default — The Patron Hired All of You — works best for new groups: Thessa Vaas posted a public contract, each PC saw it independently, and they all show up at table 7 in the back of the cantina.

For Tellan-7 specifically, here's how each pre-made character from the bank naturally got drawn into Thessa's contract. Use these to hand each player a 2-line "why you're here" on session 1.

Per-Pre-Made Hook Tie-Ins

If you're running with the bank's pre-made characters, here's how each one naturally got drawn into the contract. Use these to hand each player a 2-line "why you're here" on session 1.

Act I — The Contract

Estimated length: 1 session (~3 hours) What it teaches: social skill checks, group skill challenges, initiative, cover, attack rolls

Act 1 is mostly about getting the PCs talking, signing the contract, and feeling out the world before the dice get serious. The wildlife combat at the end is deliberately easy — its job is to teach the table how initiative, attacks, and cover work, not to threaten the party.

Scene 1.1 — The Cantina Meeting

Location: A cantina above the spaceport at the nearest inhabited port to Tellan-7. Choose a name that fits your campaign era ("Old Drovak's", "The Halfway Light", "The Reggin Tap" — anything frontier-feeling).

What Thessa offers

• The contract. Travel to Tellan-7. Investigate the source of the relay signal in the abandoned communications outpost. Recover any usable data. Bring back anyone alive.
• The pay. 800 credits per PC on completion, plus a 25% bonus if data is recovered intact. Half on signing.
• The information. The signal started three weeks ago. It's a coded distress pattern she doesn't recognize but a contact ran through three databases before hitting a partial match. She'll share decryption notes if asked.
• The catch. Other crews are interested. She's heard at least one — possibly two — has dispatched ships in the last week. She doesn't know who.

What Thessa won't say

• That her contact identified the encryption pattern as a deprecated commercial broker code with a paid use history in xenobiology trade
• That her buyer for any recovered data is offering her 12,000 credits regardless of provenance
• That she'd rather have the data than the survivor, if there is one

If the PCs press with Insight·DC 15, they get a sense she's holding something back but not what. With Insight·DC 20, they correctly suss that her interest is in data more than persons.

Player questions and Thessa's answers

The contract scene ends when the party signs and Thessa hands over the half-payment in cred-chips. She gives them the position fix, the partial decrypt, and a single warning: "Whoever else is going, don't be the second crew to land. Good luck."

Scene 1.2 — The Approach

Location: Whatever ship the party uses (their own, a chartered freighter, a leased shuttle). The flight is a few hours' transit through Outer Rim space.

The party has three reasonable approaches. Don't pre-decide which is "correct" — each has a tradeoff.

Scene 1.3 — The Landing Zone

Location: A flat-ish stretch of frosted basalt and snow at the edge of the relay's outer perimeter. The relay's main spire is visible against the sky, maybe 800 meters away. Wind, no vegetation, low ambient light from the moon's parent gas giant.

After the rockmaws flee, the party can approach the relay. End Act 1 here unless your group is rolling fast. Most tables will land the contract discussion + approach + landing combat in a single 3-hour session and reach the relay's outer compound in session 2.

Act II — The Facility

Estimated length: 2 sessions (~6 hours total) What it teaches: Heroic Surge, Expertise, group skill challenges, Force use (if applicable), parley vs combat decisions, problem-solving under pressure

Act II takes the party from the wildlife-strewn landing zone, through the relay's collapsing outer compound, past or through a rival salvage crew, into the inner sanctum where Sevren Doh has been hiding. It is the longest act and contains the adventure's most variable content — the rival crew can be a fight, a negotiation, or a stealth sequence; the inner puzzle adapts to whichever PC takes the lead.

Scene 2.1 — The Outer Compound

Location: A semi-collapsed perimeter ring around the relay's main tower. What was once a small science outpost is now a labyrinth of fallen support struts, drifting snow, dead service droids, and corridors that go dark every few meters. The relay's main spire rises through the center.

The compound has three hazards the party must navigate. Run them in order or let the party choose paths — the layout branches at a central junction and both paths lead forward.

Hazard A — The Collapsed Corridor

A long stretch of the eastern access tunnel has partially collapsed. The party can pick through the rubble, but the floor is unstable.

• Athletics·DC 13 to traverse without dislodging anything. On a failure, the PC takes 1d4 damage from a falling support and the rest of the party rolls a Dexterity saving throw (DC 12) or also takes 1d4. On a critical failure (natural 1), the PC is briefly trapped under rubble — Athletics DC 12 next round to free themselves.
• Knowledge: Sciences·DC 12 or Mechanics·DC 12 to identify which sections are load-bearing and route the party safely. On success, no rolls needed.

Hazard B — The Oxygen Pocket

A maintenance bay's atmospheric processors failed long ago, and a drift of unbreathable nitrogen has pooled in a low section of the compound. PCs walking through must hold their breath.

• Endurance·DC 12 (Constitution-based) to hold breath while crossing. On failure, take 1d6 nonlethal damage and exit gasping.
• Force Hint: A Force user can sense the dead-air pocket from outside with no roll required — sensing environmental hazards is what passive Use the Force does at face value (no FP cost). Reward the player for thinking to listen to the Force here.
• Mechanics·DC 14 to bypass the pocket by rerouting an old vent — clears the pocket for everyone. Tessen Brunep's Expertise makes this trivial; lean into the Tech Specialist's moment.

Hazard C — The Radiation Trap

An old reactor coupling near the inner door has cracked. The corridor's exterior walls are still intact, but the floor plates are radiating low-level energy. Walking across exposes the party to ~20 seconds of radiation.

• Use Computer·DC 14 at the wall panel to power down the coupling. On success, the corridor is safe.
• Without a power-down, each PC crossing rolls a Constitution save DC 13. On failure, take 1d4 radiation damage and gain Disadvantage on their next ability check (about 5 minutes of disorientation).

By the end of Scene 2.1, the party has reached a central junction with two paths forward: a crew quarters wing (where the rival salvage crew is camped, Scene 2.2) and a service shaft that bypasses to the inner facility (skips the rival crew). The party can choose, or split.

Scene 2.2 — The Other Crew

Location: The crew quarters wing. Three independent salvagers have set up a small camp here — a portable heater, a medical kit, two crates of nutrient supplies, and a half-disassembled sensor array they're trying to extract. They arrived two days before the PCs.

When the PCs reach the wing, Hadia hears them coming and calls out before they can spot her — she's smart enough not to be ambushed in her own camp.

Scene 2.3 — The Inner Door

Location: A pressure-sealed bulkhead deep in the relay's lower corridors. This is the door to the inner sanctum where Sevren is hiding. It has not been opened in roughly thirty years. The console beside it still has power.

This is a group skill challenge. The party needs 3 successes before 2 failures to open the door. Each PC contributes one roll per round. The challenge represents about 10 minutes of cooperative work.

When the door opens, the party hears the first sound from beyond it: a hesitant cough, hastily muffled.

Scene 2.4 — The Survivor

Location: The inner sanctum. A single circular chamber, three meters across, lined with what was once delicate predecessor circuitry now coated in three weeks of human residence — a bedroll, a portable heater, empty nutrient-pack wrappers, a small stack of data cartridges, and a battered field datapad running a homemade signal-keying script.

In the corner, behind a hastily erected supply-crate barricade, Sevren Doh sits with his back against the wall, a fading glow-rod across his lap, and a small holdout blaster pointed at the doorway with shaking hands.

This scene is all roleplay. Sevren is genuinely terrified and will not fire unless someone makes a sudden movement or lies clumsily. The party's goal is to get him to lower the blaster.

Building trust

• Persuasion·DC 13 to convince him the party isn't a threat. On a critical success (natural 20), he laughs from sheer relief.
• Insight·DC 12 to read his emotional state. Reveals he's afraid of pirates specifically, not "salvagers" — useful data for the conversation.
• Mention Thessa Vaas's name. He doesn't know her. But hearing a patron's name (vs. "we're here for the data") shifts him toward parley. The mention does not increase the DC; it just gives the GM permission to roleplay Sevren as more cooperative.
• Passive Use the Force check — Lessa or Karru can sense Sevren is not a threat AND is not lying when he eventually speaks (no FP cost — sensing emotional honesty is the skill's baseline read). A PC who wants confirmation with mechanical certainty can spend 1 FP on Telepathy for a surface-thought read. Either way, share the conclusion with their player.
• Treat Injury·DC 13 to tend his arm wound. He'll let Tessen or any character with medic profession do this; it builds trust significantly. Treats his HP up by 1d6 (currently 9 → up to 14 cap).

After 1–3 rounds of conversation, Sevren lowers the blaster. He will not hand it over — it's the only thing keeping him alive, in his view — but he will sit and talk.

What Sevren reveals

In rough order, as the conversation progresses:

1. He's a xenobiologist. His team — three other researchers — died when their ship crash-landed three weeks ago. Coolant-line failure on approach.
2. He's been broadcasting from the relay because his ship's transmitter is destroyed. The relay's old systems still work; he keyed an old commercial-broker pattern because it was the only protocol he could force through the ancient hardware.
3. Asked what he was researching: he hesitates. Persuasion·DC 15 to push for the answer. He'll say: "Anomalous biotech. A mineral-bound biological organism native to this sector that shouldn't exist by any conventional taxonomy. We were three weeks from publishing."
4. The crash wasn't an accident. Insight·DC 14 on his demeanor reveals he believes someone sabotaged the ship. He has the data to prove the coolant-line failure was deliberate.
5. He has a backup of the research data on a small data cartridge he keeps in his coat pocket. This is what Thessa wants. This is what the Wraith Hand have been hired to destroy.

By the end of Act II, the party has met Sevren, learned the truth (or most of it), and is preparing to extract him — when the Wraith Hand arrive. End Act II here.

Act III — The Choice

Estimated length: 1–2 sessions (~3–6 hours) What it teaches: branching decisions with real consequences, climax math, parley vs combat, leveling up

Act III is the payoff. The Wraith Hand have arrived. Sevren is alive, weak, and in the inner sanctum. The party must choose — and the choice is genuinely open.

Scene 3.1 — The Wraith Hand Arrive

Location: The relay's outer corridors and the inner sanctum. Vex Krell and her crew enter via the same outer door the PCs used. They move tactically — no shouting, no panic — and they know exactly what they're looking for.

If the previous session ended on a cliffhanger, restart here.

The Wraith Hand crew with her:

For a 4-PC party: Vex + 2 Brels + Tann (4 enemies, parity). For 2–3 PCs: Vex + 1 Brel + Tann (drop one Brel). For 5–6 PCs: Vex + 3 Brels + Tann (add a Brel).

The Decision Point

This is the core moral choice of the adventure. The PCs decide what to do — in character, at the table, under pressure. Don't push them toward any branch.

Scene 3.2A — The Stand (Extract)

Location: The corridor between the inner sanctum and the bypass exit. Vex's crew are spread across the upper corridor; Tann holds overwatch from a high vantage; Brels move to flank.

After the fight, the party can extract Sevren via the bypass tunnels and return to their ship. Go to Scene 3.3 — The Return.

Scene 3.2B — Destroy + Flee

The party decides the data is too dangerous and Sevren has been through too much. They wreck the inner consoles, the data cartridge, and the signal-keying script Sevren had been running. They escape via the bypass tunnels.

The escape is a chase scene rather than a combat. Use the following sequence:

• Athletics·DC 13 for each PC to navigate the bypass tunnels at speed. Failure means 1d4 damage from a hard bump.
• Stealth·DC 13 as a group check to evade the Wraith Hand sweep. Success: clean escape. Partial: one Brel catches up briefly — quick 1-round skirmish (1 enemy, 18 HP).
• Pilot·DC 14 to lift off ahead of the Wraith Hand's ship pursuing.

If the party makes it out, Sevren survives but the data is gone. Thessa will pay the base contract (800cr per PC) but no data bonus. Vex will report her contract failed but Sevren is presumed dead — which sets up a sequel hook (he isn't, and the people who hired Vex will eventually realize).

Go to Scene 3.3 — The Return.

Scene 3.2C — Negotiate

The most difficult path mechanically — but the most narratively rewarding for a roleplay-forward party.

The party walks out unarmed, hands visible. Vex meets them in the corridor. The conversation that follows is structured around three rolls that build trust or break it.

Round 1 — Establish credibility

Persuasion·DC 15 — convince Vex you're not a threat and you're not interested in her contract.

• Critical success (natural 20): Vex listens. The conversation continues.
• Success: Vex is willing to keep talking. Round 2 begins.
• Failure: Vex's tone shifts. She gives a 5-second warning. The party can back out (combat begins — go to 3.2A) or try Round 2 with Disadvantage.

Round 2 — Find the leverage

Vex is hired help, not the principal. She's willing to be flipped if the deal is right. The party needs to identify what to offer.

The leverage available, depending on what the party uncovered:

• Sevren's data is more valuable than Vex's contract. He has detailed evidence of the sabotage of his ship — including the names of the people who hired Vex. The PCs can offer Vex this evidence (or a copy of it) so she has leverage on her own employers. Persuasion·DC 16.
• Thessa Vaas's identity. If the party knows Thessa wants the data, they can offer to broker a meeting between Vex and Thessa — a different deal for the same data, on better terms. Persuasion·DC 15.
• Their own loyalty. If the party offers to walk away and never speak of this — Sevren disappears, the data is destroyed, Vex tells her employers the job is done — Vex finds the offer compelling. Persuasion·DC 14.

Each PC gets one assist roll. Force users may spend 1 FP to gain Advantage on the lead negotiator's roll.

Round 3 — Close the deal

If the party reaches Round 3 with a viable offer, Vex agrees. The terms will vary based on what was offered, but the practical result is the same: the Wraith Hand leave. No combat. Sevren survives. The data is destroyed or transferred per the deal.

Reward: No combat, no death, full base pay from Thessa (no data bonus — the data was destroyed or transferred). Sevren is alive and grateful. Vex is not a future enemy; she may even be a future ally if the party needs muscle they can hire.

Go to Scene 3.3 — The Return.

Scene 3.2D — Betray (Dark Path)

The party hands Sevren over to Vex. He realizes what's happening too late — maybe his blaster comes up, maybe he runs, maybe he just stares.

Vex pays the party a parting bonus — 2,000 credits, divided — for not making her job complicated. She thanks them with the cold professionalism of someone closing a transaction. Sevren is taken away.

Sevren doesn't survive. The PCs hear about it later — a cargo ship "missing in transit" with no survivors. The data is destroyed.

The PCs collect a reduced payment from Thessa (300cr each — she's unhappy they didn't bring back data or person, but she pays for the reconnaissance). Their reputation in the spaceport quietly tarnishes; news travels.

Sequel hook: the people who hired Vex notice the PCs were involved and decide to keep an eye on them. Whether that becomes a vendetta or a recruitment offer is up to the GM.

Go to Scene 3.3 — The Return with reduced rewards and a darker tone.

Scene 3.3 — The Return

The party returns to the spaceport. Whatever happened on Tellan-7, they meet Thessa Vaas one last time at table 7.

The conversation depends on what the party brings:

• Sevren alive + data intact: Thessa is professional but visibly pleased. Pays the full 800cr per PC + 25% data bonus + an extra 200cr per PC because she "appreciates clean work." Asks if she can hire them again. Sequel hook: yes, she can.

• Sevren alive + data destroyed: Thessa is irritated but pays the base 800cr. She's polite about it; she'll work with them again, but the bonus tier is closed. Sevren goes into hiding under his own arrangements.

• Sevren rescued via negotiation, data transferred to Vex's employers: Thessa is suspicious — she'll figure out the deal eventually. Pays 600cr per PC. Doesn't offer follow-up work. Sequel hook: she may try to get the data back from Vex's employers, dragging the PCs in months later.

• Sevren betrayed: as in 3.2D — 300cr per PC, reputation damaged.

In each case, the PCs advance from level 1 to level 2 at the end of the session. No XP math; the adventure is the milestone. Update sheets, roll up new HP, claim the new level's class traits. Done.

Optional final scene: a cantina debrief. The party decompresses, cleans up, plans their next move. If the GM wants to seed a campaign, this is the place to drop the next adventure's hook.

Loot Reference

Quick at-the-table summary of every loot drop in the adventure. Use it to hand out rewards mid-session without flipping pages.

All loot is calibrated for a Lv 1–2 party. Higher-level NPC weapons are narrated as damaged or destroyed during the fight — the party can salvage parts (credit value) but can't equip the weapons themselves. Easy GM line if a player asks: "The bolt that took down the captain went through her sidearm first — the power cell's slagged."

Adventure totals (best case, all combats + full payoff, 4 PCs):

• Cash from kills + scavenge: ~2,200cr (incl. salvage scrap)
• Patron payoff: 4,000cr
• Gear items: 3 Sporting Blaster Pistols (Lv 1, equippable now) + 1 named vibroblade + 1 comm scrambler + 1 computer spike + 4 medpacs + 1 ranged scope (saleable or saved) + 2 unique trophy/lore items + the data cartridge
• Per-PC walk-away: ~1,500cr cash + 1–2 immediately usable items, plus L2 advancement.

Path tradeoffs:

• Parley with Hadia (Scene 2.2) sacrifices ~600cr in gear loot but gains the 2nd-ship intel and the bypass hatch + a comm scrambler gift.
• Negotiate with Vex (Scene 3.2C) sacrifices the climax loot (~2,200cr cash + scope + insignia + comm disc) but means no death and Vex as a future contact.
• Betray (Scene 3.2D) gives the party 2,000cr from Vex but only 300cr per PC from Thessa + reputation hit.

Cast of NPCs

Quick-reference for every speaking NPC in the adventure. Stats are repeated from the inline cards above; this section adds dialogue snippets and "what they know" notes you can lean on at the table.

Thessa Vaas — Falleen Salvage Broker

Role: Patron · Location: Spaceport cantina, table 7, above her three-room office.

Voice: Slow, careful Basic with a slight hiss on sibilants. Pauses before answering, especially the questions she finds inconvenient. Smiles rarely; when she does, it doesn't reach her eyes.

Motivation: Wants Sevren's research data. Has a pre-arranged buyer at 12,000cr. Will pay the contract honestly regardless of what the PCs bring back, but pays more for data than for survivors.

Dialogue snippets:

• (Hiring) "I have a contract. It pays. The terms are reasonable. I'd appreciate your time."
• (Asked about the signal) "Pre-Republic broker code, partial decrypt. I don't pretend to read it; I just know what the ping is worth."
• (Asked about other crews) "I posted publicly. People talk. Word gets out. I cannot control who else picks up the contract."
• (Closing the deal at her office) "Don't be the second crew to land. Good luck."

Abilities: STR 8 (-1) · DEX 10 (+0) · CON 10 (+0) · INT 14 (+2) · WIS 15 (+2) · CHA 14 (+2).

Stats: TR 1 · AC 12 · HP 22 · Persuasion +5 · Deception +5 · Insight +6 · Holdout Blaster +2 (1d8 energy, 20 ft).

What she knows but won't say: the data buyer's name, the price tier, the broker network that decoded the signal pattern. The PCs cannot extract this from her short of being extremely persuasive (Persuasion DC 22+) or threatening her physically (Intimidation DC 18, which costs the relationship).

Sevren Doh — Marooned Xenobiologist

Role: The Survivor · Location: Inner sanctum of the relay (until extracted).

Voice: Educated, exhausted, soft-spoken. Pauses to think. Dry humor when his guard is down. Speaks about his research with reluctant precision.

Motivation: Survive. Get the data off this moon. Honor his three dead colleagues by making sure the work isn't lost.

Dialogue snippets:

• (First meeting) "Tell me a name I can trust. Please."
• (After parley) "I haven't slept in four days. I am extremely sorry if I shoot somebody in the next ten minutes. Please don't make sudden moves."
• (Asked about the research) "Anomalous biotech. Mineral-bound biological organism native to this sector. We were three weeks from publishing."
• (After learning the Wraith Hand are coming) "I knew. I knew. I just hoped to be wrong."
• (If extracted successfully) "Thank you. I — thank you. I owe you the truth, when there's time."

Abilities: STR 9 (-1) · DEX 10 (+0) · CON 10 (+0) · INT 16 (+3) · WIS 13 (+1) · CHA 12 (+1).

Stats: TR 0 · AC 11 · HP 14 (currently 9, wounded) · Knowledge: Sciences +6 · Treat Injury +4 · Holdout Blaster +2 (1d8 energy, 20 ft).

The data cartridge: standard datacrystal in a reinforced sleeve. Holds ~3.2 TB of his research notes, raw observations, sabotage evidence, and a timeline of the events leading to the crash. Worth between 8,000cr (black market) and 12,000cr (Thessa's buyer) and 25,000cr (the people who hired Vex, who would happily pay it back from him to bury the work).

Hadia Verel — Independent Salvage Captain

Role: Rival crew leader (Scene 2.2) · Location: Crew quarters wing.

Voice: Quick, dry, low-frequency. Never raises her voice. Talks fast when she's nervous, which is most of the time on this job.

Motivation: Extract the sensor array, leave clean, not end up dead. Has no idea about Sevren or the Wraith Hand. Will leave when convinced the PCs aren't a threat to her crew.

Dialogue snippets:

• (First meeting) "If you're not pirates, walk slow and keep your hands visible."
• (Trading) "Two medpacs, 200 credits. Take it or leave it. I'm not in a haggling mood."
• (Mentioning the second ship) "Pirate-class drive signature. I don't know who, but I know what. I'm packing fast."
• (If fight breaks out) "We don't have to do this. We don't have to do this. Last warning."

Abilities: STR 11 (+0) · DEX 14 (+2) · CON 12 (+1) · INT 13 (+1) · WIS 13 (+1) · CHA 12 (+1).

Stats: TR 1 · AC 13 · HP 24 · Persuasion +4 · Stealth +5 · Mechanics +5 · Blaster Pistol +4 (1d10 energy).

Crew abilities:

• Pell (Sullustan slicer): STR 8 (-1) · DEX 13 (+1) · CON 10 (+0) · INT 16 (+3) · WIS 11 (+0) · CHA 12 (+1) · AC 12 · HP 16 · Use Computer +6.
• Brakk (Trandoshan muscle): STR 16 (+3) · DEX 10 (+0) · CON 14 (+2) · INT 9 (-1) · WIS 11 (+0) · CHA 8 (-1) · AC 14 · HP 28 · Vibroblade +5 (1d8+3).

Captain Vex Krell — Wraith Hand Captain

Role: Antagonist · Location: Arrives in Act III via outer airlock; enters via upper corridor.

Voice: Calm, professional, uses people's names. Talks like a manager closing a difficult quarter. Does not raise her voice. Does not threaten unless she means it.

Motivation: Finish the contract. Sevren dead, data destroyed. She prefers PCs walk away unharmed; she will not hesitate to kill them if they don't.

Dialogue snippets:

• (Calling out to Sevren) "Sevren. We've been looking for you. Let's not make this difficult."
• (To the PCs, opening parley) "We have you flanked. We can do this clean. Walk away. You'll be paid, and you'll live."
• (Mid-combat, calling between rounds) "We can still walk away from this. Your call."
• (If captured) "Tell my employer I held up my end. Tell them I expect to be retrieved."
• (If defeated and they let her live) "Smart. You know I won't forget."

Abilities: STR 13 (+1) · DEX 14 (+2) · CON 13 (+1) · INT 14 (+2) · WIS 15 (+2) · CHA 13 (+1).

Stats: TR 3 · AC 14 · HP 32 · Heavy Blaster Pistol +5 (1d10+2 energy) · Persuasion +5 · Insight +5 · Tactics +6 · Reaction: Tactical Aid (grant ally Advantage on attack as a Reaction once per round).

The contract. Vex was hired three weeks ago by a syndicate intermediary who didn't give a name. The contract is for Sevren Doh, dead, and any data he carries, destroyed. Pay is 60,000cr to the Wraith Hand, split per the crew's standard rules.

Wraith Hand Crew (Brel × N + Tann × 1)

Brels: Tactical operators. Terse military rhythm; speak only when necessary. Loyalty to Vex.

• Abilities: STR 12 (+1) · DEX 14 (+2) · CON 12 (+1) · INT 11 (+0) · WIS 12 (+1) · CHA 9 (-1).
• Stats: TR 1 · AC 13 · HP 18 · Blaster Rifle +4 (1d10+1 energy, 80 ft) · Stealth +4.

Tann: Sniper-overwatch. Bored, dry, cracks one joke at the worst possible moment. Wants to retire on this contract.

• Abilities: STR 10 (+0) · DEX 16 (+3) · CON 11 (+0) · INT 12 (+1) · WIS 13 (+1) · CHA 10 (+0).
• Stats: TR 2 · AC 13 · HP 16 · Sniper Blaster +5 (2d8 energy, 200 ft, single shot per round).

Tellan Rockmaws (Wildlife)

Role: Teaching combat (Scene 1.3).

Pack-ambusher predators native to Tellan-7. Low-slung, scaled, about the size of a large dog. Hunt in coordinated groups of 3–5. Retreat when reduced to ≤ 2 HP — they're not stupid. Not a TPK threat; their job is to get the table comfortable with combat math.

Abilities: STR 11 (+0) · DEX 14 (+2) · CON 10 (+0) · INT 4 (-3) · WIS 11 (+0) · CHA 6 (-2).

Stats: TR 1 · AC 12 · HP 8 · Bite +3 (1d6 piercing) · Speed 30 ft (climb 20 ft) · Stealth +4 (rocky terrain) · Athletics +3 (climbing).

Encounter Reference

Quick-look table of every encounter in the adventure. Use this during play to pull stats fast.

Conclusion + Leveling

Outcomes summary

Sequel hooks

Pick one to seed a follow-up adventure if your group wants to continue:

• Extract path: Vex's employers notice the loss and dispatch a more serious team. The PCs are now on a syndicate watch list.
• Destroy path: Sevren tries to rebuild his research from memory; word leaks; the PCs are pulled back in to protect him.
• Negotiate path: Vex Krell reaches out to the PCs with a contract of her own — she's freelance now, and she remembers professionals who treated her like one.
• Betray path: Sevren's death is investigated by his university's ethics board. Their investigator finds the PCs first.

Leveling: L1 → L2

The end of this adventure advances the entire party from level 1 to level 2. Do not track XP — the adventure is the milestone. At the table, after the final scene:

1. Each PC adds one Hit Die of HP. They roll the die OR take the "average" value (e.g., d8 → 5, d10 → 6, d6 → 4) plus their CON modifier.
2. Each PC gains the level-2 traits for their class. Most starter classes get a notable trait at L2: Soldier gets Weapon Discipline and Second Wind, Scoundrel gets Quickdraw and Lucky Break, Jedi Padawan gets Lightsaber Form Basics, Force Adept gets Adept Force Channeling, Leader gets Inspiring Leadership and a second-tier trait, Tech Specialist gets Field Medic.
3. PCs may change a single trait choice they made at L1 if it no longer fits — Soldier's Weapon Familiarity (Melee vs. Ranged) is the common one.
4. Force users gain access to additional Force Powers per their class. Have them pick at the table from the Force Powers catalog.
5. Update the Character Builder records (or the PDFs, if printed) before next session.

Closing scene suggestion: a quiet cantina drink. Each PC reflects on what they did. The GM can drop the next adventure's hook here, OR end the campaign clean if this was a one-off.

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Difficulty Class ladder

Heroic Surge usage suggestions in this adventure

• Scene 2.1 hazards: if a PC fails an Athletics or Endurance check, prompt for Heroic Surge to reroll. Builds the habit before Act III.
• Scene 2.3 puzzle: if the party hits 1 failure on the group skill challenge, prompt the lead PC to spend a Surge for an automatic success on the next roll.
• Scene 3.2A combat: if a PC drops below 25% HP, prompt Surge for defense (Disadvantage on next enemy attack against them).

Force Power suggestions per scene

Force Powers cited below are from the Force Powers catalog. "Passive Use the Force" is a no-FP-cost skill check, not a power. All powers listed are available to Force-using classes at L1+.

• Scene 2.1 oxygen pocket: Passive Use the Force check (no FP cost) — sensing environmental hazards is what the skill does at face value. The Force user smells the dead air before stepping into it.
• Scene 2.3 inner door: Force Perception (1 FP, Action) substitutes Use the Force for Perception on the door's authentication mechanism, OR Farsight (1 FP, Bonus Action) for Advantage on the lead PC's next roll against the door.
• Scene 2.4 Sevren: Passive Use the Force check (no FP) confirms Sevren is not lying. Alternatively, Telepathy (1 FP, Action) for a surface-thought scan. Force Healing (2 FP) accelerates his recovery for the climax.
• Scene 3.2A combat: Force Push (1 FP) breaks Brel positioning. Force Jump (1 FP) reaches Tann's overwatch position. Force Healing (2 FP) keeps a fallen PC up.
• Scene 3.2C negotiate: Passive Use the Force check (no FP) confirms Vex's willingness to deal — useful intel for the lead negotiator. A PC who wants the read with certainty can spend 1 FP on Telepathy for a surface-thought scan.

Pacing checkpoints

• End Session 1 at the resolution of Scene 1.3 (after rockmaws).
• End Session 2 at the resolution of Scene 2.2 (after rival crew).
• End Session 3 at the cliffhanger of the Wraith Hand arriving (end of 2.4 / start of 3.1).
• End Session 4 at the resolution of Act III (whichever branch).
• Optional Session 5 for an extended debrief, leveling, and sequel hook setup.

That's the adventure. Run it loose, lean into the party's choices, and remember: when in doubt, ask "what's the most fun result?"

Good luck, GM.