Geonosis Blockade

After committing to the acquisition of additional explosives, the group waited for their black market contact to get back to them.  Meanwhile, a group of three humans approached their hanger and asked for an audience.  Their leader, Kannon Kapos, explained that they had extremely precious cargo that needed to reach the people of Geonosis, who had recently been blockaded by the Republic.  Offering the group half a million credits to make the trip through the blockade with him and the goods, he hgave them 200,000 upfront when the cargo was loaded. 

After investigating the information channels, they learned that Republic blockades were extremely rare.  Five years earlier the Senator from Geonosis was censured and he was withdrawn from Coruscant after an investigation into crimes against his own people was opened.  The planet is currently undergoing a resistance movement against the Republic lead by Archduke Poggle the Lesser. 

Using their downtime to fly near the planet to inspect the likelihood of running the blockade, they decided they should install a jammer onto the ship and use the cover of the asteroids to navigate through the blockade hopefully undetected.  After installing the jammer, purchasing their thermal detonators and explosives and loading the cargo, they shot into space to the atmosphere of Geonosis.  Flying into the body of a large asteroid, their ship smashed into the edge of the asteroid damaging their shields.  However, they were able to avoid the starships and head into Geonosis.  Before leaving the view of the blockade, they noticed a pair of small starships leaving a larger ship and flying into the planet.

After landing near the entrance to a large catacomb settlement, they were greeted by inhabitants and learned that the buyer for the cargo, Poggle the Lesser, was recently kidnapped by the Republic and sent to the Citadel, a large prison on a planet near Coruscant.  Disappointed in their lack of a buyer, the group threatened Kannon, who insisted he could only offer them 100,000 more for their ride.  However, the Geonosians requested an audience and a job.  In return for rescuing Poggle from the Citadel, the Geonosans promised the group 2.5 million credits.  While getting in and out of the prison planet seems impossible the Geonosians claimed to have information that would make it possible.  They escorted the group into the catacombs to a small chamber with a human jedi, imprisoned in an energy shield.