After taking off and leaving behind Rwarr's body, they piloted the ship to locate another safe landing area. Not far off in the distance, they spotted what appeared to be a wrecked ship. They flew over to get a closer look and it appeared to be crashed into a rocky area of the desert with no clear blaster damage on the top. Despite its apparant condition, it did not appear to be on fire or even smoking.
They landed nearby and approached the ship cautiously. While approaching they say a four legged creature darting off around the back of the ship. They got closer and noticed a large tear in the undercarriage of the ship's hull. They could hear something coming from inside the ship so they decided to investigate. They climbed into the ship and found a large 'gator type creature eating someone pinned beneath debris. Nearby a human was also pinned, this one moving to try and break free. The group began blasting away at the creature until it was killed. They assisted the other human, Jodo Biggs, and learned that he was part of a smuggling operation to bring some weapons grade hydrogen to the planet for sale to Poggle the Lesser. The equipment, although extremely explosive, was to be part of some larger weapon, and likely not useful for fencing. The dilemma was that he had already been paid half a million credits by an anonymous older human, identified only as "Tarsus" to deliver the goods to Poggle. They stripped the ship of its landing gear and shield parts to repair their own ship and returned to the Geonosians to check in on them after fleeing the battle with the Jedi.
They landed again in the same area several days later to learn that the Jedi had been defeated - one killed and the other captured. Kannon Kapos proudly showed off his new lightsaber taken from the dead jedi. He told them that they had been torturing the Jedi and recently resorted to some medieval techniques. They learned that there was a "secret" set of astrogation coordinates to get to the citadel but hoped that further torture would reveal an elusive way in and out of the citadel. Kannon asked them to take over the torture process to learn this information. They asked for time to discuss a course of action. While on their ship talking it over, they received a hologram message from Calla the Hutt asking them to return to Tatooine for a very time-sensitive purpose that would be profitable for both sides. Grateful for a way out, the group decided to take off and abandon geonosis. They rigged Jodo's old ship to explode, faking his death to avoid any trouble with his seller. The subsequent megaton explosion was enough to distract the blockade ships and allow them the opportunity to cross back through the blockade.
They landed on Mos Espa and went to visit Calla. She revealed the reason they had wanted Barin Trevino in the first place. Barin had purchased a liquified form a cure for a deadly virus then jettisoned that cure over the planet Rodia when he realized that the Hutts wanted it badly. This was why their ship didn't originally have an escape pod. Calla asked them to go to the planet and locate the escape pod with the cure. Although he was willing to offer them a permenant 5% cut in the Disilik Hutt operation, they group negotiated a flat fee instead. Part of the negotiations required them to also deliver a large canister (torpedo-style) to the planet Gamor along the way.
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