Manhunt on Gola Yaga

Type: Bounty hunt Opposing forces: Crew of the Saucy Mare, Laren Krist / Bounty Hunters Combatants: Aster, Eweertyyy Rawkill, R3-LC, Virgil Durlan / Hath, 6-TUS, Yrais Zu Combatant vessels: Honest Mistake / Saucy Mare Result: Krist escapes Location: Gola Yaga

When Laren Krist was forced to flee Denon after a failed attempt at blackmail, she escaped on a transport going to the agworld of Gola Yaga. She was able to get a message to her uncle, Morfen Krist, who arranged for the crew of the Saucy Mare to retrieve her.

Unfortunately for the Krist family, a bounty of 15000 credits was placed on Laren by Enn Kinnas. It immediately attracted the attention of several bounty hunters, who converged on the sleepy planet. The locals, unused to such excitement, chiefly kept out of the hunters' way.

When the crew of the Saucy Mare arrived on Denon, a conflict immediately broke out when a posse of Bounty Hunters, led by the mysterious alien Hath, demanded they reveal what they knew about Laren's location. When the crew refused, a gunfight broke out, which resulted in the defeat of the hunters.

Laren, seeing the crew of the Mare attacking the hunters, realised they must be there to assist her and left her hideout to try to reach them. Unfortunately for her, another bounty hunter, the Droid 6-TUS, was able to stun and capture her before she could get to safety and flee on board a speeder bike. The crew of the Mare pursued on hastily commandeered speeder bikes of their own.

After a dangerous chase through the farms outside the city, 6-TUS' bike was disabled. Realising she was outnumbered, she surrendered Krist in exchange for being allowed to leave. She warned the crew that another bounty hunter, the Mandalorian Yrais Zu, was in orbit around the planet in her starship and would attack them as they tried to leave.

6-TUS' warning proved prophetic. As the Mare's crew returned to Denikin Mir they came under attack from Zu in her starship, the Honest Mistake. The rescuers managed to avoid Zu's ion blasts and proton torpedoes and even managed to damage her ship by forcing it to collide with overhead power cables. When they reached Denikin Mir, Zu broke off her attack, unwilling to risk collateral damage to civilians.

Correctly realising that Zu would resume her attack once they had cleared the spaceport, the crew of the Saucy Mare were prepared for a dogfight once they reached orbit. After a brief battle in which the Mare was almost struck twice by proton torpedoes, they were able to reach hyperspace and jump away, leaving Zu as empty handed as the other bounty hunters.