That reminds me I really need to pick up a copy of the Mask of the Pirate Queen!

Have you already picked up a copy as it resembles your scenario above and might work as the Sequel for it?

Thanks for the response! I have picked it up, but still trying to figure out if its the right fit/can be adapted properly. I'll see if I can do that....maybe the venlana character can be rewritten as the Dero character I have. Definitely would prefer that actually as i'm getting a little burned out near the end here and could use a good premade adventure like that to use.

Edit: Well read it over again, doesn't seem like its going to work out for mapping over, but thanks for the idea!

Two words: treasure map

More than two words:

Adventure I: Prison Break

The Mission: PCs must rescue Dero! He's been captured by the Black Sun for his past transgressions (maybe they think he's a traitor or something)

Setup: The Pirate Lord has a holo-vid conference (from an undisclosed location) with the PCs to inform them his trusted Lieutenant has been captured by the Black Sun and they must recover him. He'll offer to grant them a private audience with him if they rescue Dero.

Some additional details: PCs must break Dero out from a Black Sun prison or prison transport. They might go in guns blazing, and find the minions die in droves, like an Arnold Schwartzneger movie. Maybe they work their Black Sun contacts to get him freed. At any rate, getting Dero out isn't that difficult.

The Twist: Dero is "captured" by the Black Sun - the whole thing is a setup to smoke the PCs out. After all, with all of the Pirate Lord's Black Sun contacts, he probably knew the PCs worked for the Black Sun as soon as he hired them.

Adventure II: Prison Break, Again?!?!

The Mission: PCs must break themselves out of jail after they are captured and detained by the Pirate Lord.

Setup: Upon arriving at the Pirate Lord's audience chamber to receive their reward for rescuing Dero, they are surrounded and captured. The Pirate Lord says "You didn't think I'd let Black Sun scum just walk in here, did you?"

Additional details: Once PCs bust out of jail they can either lay the smack down on the Pirate Lord or just steal the treasure map and run for it.

Adventure III: Treasure Hunt

The Mission: PCs rush to the treasure trove (i.e. data) with the Empire in hot pursuit!

Setup: After collecting the treasure from the Pirate Lord (dead or otherwise), the PCs must determine where the treasure is and how to obtain it.

Twist: The data is stored on a Space Google server, in the corporate sector (and several hundred tech jokes ensue).

Lagspike, thanks for this detailed idea! I love the idea of Dero getting a one up on them since they've had it a little easier thus far. This framework has given some great direction- I greatly appreciate it!

Two words: treasure map

Good start..

More than two words:

Gramorian Ass-Map.....(if you have seen Three Kings)

Gramorian Ass-Map.....(if you have seen Three Kings)

So the empire captures dero instead of paying him and he hides the map in the one place the empire won't search?

If I was the Empire, that’s the first place I would look.

And I would do an extremely thorough examination of the area — with large and bulky objects.

And I’d make sure to involve some Interrogator droids.

When that was done, I’d probably follow up with a proper colonoscopy procedure, with complete and total evacuation required over a multi-day period, before the large diameter scopes get inserted. And I’d probably arrange for an equally uncomfortable Endoscopy from the other end, done at the same time. That exam wouldn’t be complete until each scope exited on the respective other side.

And the scopes would probably actually be snake/tentacle-like droids that are very, very eager to perform their job.

If I was the Empire, that’s the first place I would look.

And I would do an extremely thorough examination of the area — with large and bulky objects.

And I’d make sure to involve some Interrogator droids.

When that was done, I’d probably follow up with a proper colonoscopy procedure, with complete and total evacuation required over a multi-day period, before the large diameter scopes get inserted. And I’d probably arrange for an equally uncomfortable Endoscopy from the other end, done at the same time. That exam wouldn’t be complete until each scope exited on the respective other side.

And the scopes would probably actually be snake/tentacle-like droids that are very, very eager to perform their job.

Not at all weird. Definitely not.

Could always have it tattooed in a format the Empire certainly won't recognise as long as he keeps them thinking its just a clue to the maps actual location rather than the map itself...

Needs to be alive so when its scanned after reaching each point it then registers the next part of the route... ala the hunt for Titan AE perhaps?