Alderaan: Once a Living World, Now So Much Blasted Nibble, Destroyed by the Awesome Power of the Death Star
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Wars: The Roleplaying Game w m t& m m Alderaan: Once a living world, now so much blasted nibble, destroyed by the awesome power of the Death Star. What terrible secrets lurk within the Graveyard? Graveyard of Alderaan by Bill Slavicsek Alderaan: Once a living world, now so much blasted rubble, destroyed by the awesome power of the Death Star. What terrible secrets lurk within the Graveyard? A long time ago, in a galaxy far/ far away .. ‘ •. Spacers call it the Graveyard. It is an asteroid field, the shattered remains of the .once-great planet called Alderaan. It had been • • ' .a paradise, a planet where peace was the rule and . * viblence was unheard of. Then the EVIL GALACTIC EMPIRE, came, with its terrible Death Star battlestatiori.’Alderaan became an example*for the rest * of the galaxy. It was obliterated as a warning to the. growing Rebellion and all who would support it. * * But that was not the last the galaxy heard of Alderaan. Rumors fill the idle gossip* of spacers and free-traders in ports and Cantinas frdm the Outer Rim to the Core worlds, tales of strange happenings in the Graveyard. • •* * The wildest tale yet ha$ just surfaced, a story claiming that the Royal Palace itself has been found mostly intact among the shattered ruins of the planet. It is a story that has attracted much attention, including the Rebel Alliance,* th'e Empire, and the galactic underworld. But th.e truth that haunts the Graveyard could turn the tide of battle in the •Galactic Civil W a r .... Graveyard of Alderaan AilenJude Nunis/AJan Summa Development and Editing: Bill Slavicsek • Based Upon an Earlier Treatment by: Deborah Christian • Graphics: Stephen Crane, Richard Hawran, Cathleen Hunter • Cover Photo: Lucasfilm, Ltd. Penciller: Allen Nunis • Inkers: Carlos Garzon, Gray Morrow, Allen Nunis, Alan Jude Summa, A1 Williamson Publisher: Daniel Scott Palter • Associate Publisher: Richard Hawran Associate Editor: Greg Gorden • Editor: Greg Farshtey • Assistant Editors: Bill Smith, Ed Stark Art Director: Stephen Crane • Graphic Artists: Cathleen Hunter, Alien Nunis Production Manager: Steve Porpora • Sales Manager: Fitzroy Bonterre Sales Assistant: Maria Kammeler • Special Projects Manager: Ron Seiden Warehouse Manager: Ed Hill • Treasurer: Janet Riccio J Published by W \ W W E s r i J i S u S * RD3 Box 2345 Honesdale PA 18431 40019 ®, ™ and © 1991 Lucasfilm. Ltd. (LFL). All Rights Reserved. Trademarks of LFL used by West End Games under authorization. Graveyair^of^ STAR— Introduction As Princess Leia Organa watched, her adoptive revealed, could change the direction of the Ga home world was destroyed. It became the first lactic Civil War for all time! test — and a significant demonstration to the galaxy — of the power of the Death Star Preparing to Play battlestation. But that was the past. Now all that Before the opening credits roll and this session remains in the orbit once occupied by the planet of Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game gets under Alderaan is a field of shattered rock. This is the way, there are a few things the gamemaster must area spacers call “The Graveyard,” and it contains do. First, the gamemaster (who should be the a secret that the Rebel Alliance must have and only one currently reading these w ords) should the Galactic Empire will stop at nothing to protect. read through the entire adventure. By being fa Graveyard of Alderaan is an adventure for use miliar with all of the material included, the with Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game. It is de gamemaster will be able to handle most of the signed for a group of six Rebel player characters twists and turns the players will throw at him. and a gamemaster, but can be easily adapted for Pay particular attention to the episodes on the use with groups of different sizes. schedule for tonight’s gaming session, but be If you want to be a player in this adventure, ready for any unexpected paths the player stop reading now. This book contains information characters may decide to wander by reading all for the gamemaster only. Reading the material the way through. before you play will only ruin the adventure for Second, make sure that all of the players have you and for everyone involved. characters. Those who don’t will need to spend a few minutes with the rulebook to select and In this Adventure ... customize character templates. ... a group of Rebels intercepts a message When the gamemaster has finished reading meant for Princess Leia Organa and her com through the material and the players have all panions, the Heroes of Yavin. The message tells created characters, then the game can begin. of a new discovery in the Alderaan system — in the ruins of the planet itself! The Royal Palace of Adventure Materials Alderaan has been found within a huge asteroid, This book contains the Star Wars adventure still mostly intact, and its as-yet-unopened inte Graveyard o f Alderaan. It is a full-length adven rior may hold the fate of the Royal Household, ture that comes complete with an adventure Leia’s adopted family. script to start the action, maps and diagrams of So the Rebels head for Alderaan, unaware that major locations the player characters will visit, the entire story has been staged by the Empire as gamemaster template profiles of recurring or a trap for Leia and her friends. But more than just important characters, and a mini-game which the Rebels and Leia’s group are flying blindly into simulates a flight through an asteroid field. It is a the Graveyard. Others want the treasures ru good idea to photocopy the script so that each mored to be stored in the Palace, including a player can have one, and we suggest you also group of persistent salvagers. make copies of any maps or diagrams you plan to However, there is another secret waiting to be display to the players. discovered in the depths of the Royal Palace. It is In addition to this book, you will need Star Wars: a secret that none of the involved parties even The Roleplaying Game, The Star Wars Rules Com suspect, not the Rebels, not Leia, not the salvag panion, pencils, paper, and lots of six-sided dice ers, not even the Imperials. And the secret, once to play this adventure. 4 ___ STAR. Graveyard of Alderaan: Introduction “ WAR* The Star Wars Sourcebook, The Imperial r Sourcebook, The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook and Difficulty Number Scale Star Wars Miniatures Sets are all recommended accessories but are not necessary for play. Task Difficulty Range Difficulty Numbers Very Easy 3-5 and Game Balance Easy 6-10 Moderate 11-15 As gamemaster, you must modify this adven Difficult 16-20 ture to fit your particular group of players using Very Difficult 21-30+ the “Difficulty Number Scale” found below and in the Star Wars Rules Companion. If your characters are relatively new and For example, if the text says a Rebel must make inexperienced, assign numbers from the a Moderate languages roll to understand an alien, lower end of the ranges. If your characters you would assign a number between 11 and 15, depending on the skill of the Rebels. are more proficient assign numbers from The number of Rebels and their template types the higher end of the ranges. affect the outcome of every encounter. This ad venture is designed for four to six novice char to pacifism. Weapons were abolished and out acters with a good mix of skills. If there are more lawed, and even planetary defenses were dis characters involved, or if they are more experi carded as a show of the new philosophy. But with enced, then you may have to beef up the en the increasingly disturbing changes in the New counters to achieve the same affect. If you have Order, certain factions on Alderaan began to fewer characters, or less experienced ones, you rethink their non-violent position. may have to scale the encounters down. The idea Chief among this new breed of thinkers was is to challenge the Rebels, neither overwhelming Princess Leia Organa, adopted daughter of them nor making things too easy. Viceroy and First Chairman of Alderaan, Bail Organa. She was also one of Alderaan’s repre Adventure Background sentatives to the Imperial Senate, and a secret Once Alderaan was a paradise of freedom and friend to the growing Rebellion. Eventually, as peace. After the Clone Wars, the entire world rumors of further atrocities by the New Order turned away from violence and dedicated itself spread, even Bail Organa became concerned. He Allen Nunis/Gray M orrow 5 Grave^arc^fAId^ sent Leia on an important mission to find a hero armory. Then they placed Droids within the vessel of the Clone Wars and return him to Alderaan. to maintain it, and programmed its nav computers Then the planet would openly cast its lot with the to constantly jump through hyperspace until fledgling Rebellion. That hero was none other called to return to Alderaan. than General Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Knight. But this is a secret that no one alive knows, not But events did not go as Leia and her father even Princess Leia. All knowledge of the ship and had planned. Her ship intercepted a transmission its precious cargo died with the Council of Elders from Rebel spies just before it reached Tatooine, when Alderaan exploded. Still, the Graveyard re the Outer Rim world where Bail told her to search mains a lure with which the Empire can hook Leia for Kenobi. That transmission also brought her and her companions — if the proper bait can be under the scrutiny of the Empire and its terrible found.