FALL OF GLANN CIPPLE ERA

 

The era of Glann Cipples downfall and the fragmentation of the Setnin Sector underworld.  After the destruction of Amagad, other ganglords swoop onto the scraps and scrabble for dominance...

 

Seven years after Battle of Yavin

 

GEON TASARS INVASION OF AMAGAD CITY

 

-          Geon Tasar's agents claim Amagad City by using the underhand tactic of poisoning the water supply and taking the city while the populace is felled by the debilitating poison.

-          Geon Tasar's short-lived invasion ends after Cipple's scientists find a cure for the poison and Cipple's agents repel Tasar's men, chasing them off Amagad.

 

7+ ABY – Blood Brothers

 

-          Goah Galletti leaves Moot and returns to his latest mission, hunting down a renegade band of pirates causing havoc across the Bordon Space Lane and disrupting traffic flow.

-          With Jan Lomona’s assistance, the pirate problem is ended.

-          Glann Cipple hires Ryath Centaur to bring Geon Tasar to justice.

 

7+ ABY - Apocalypse on Ruuthorne

 

RYATH CENTAUR KILLS GEON TASAR

 

-          Ryath Centaur kills Geon Tasar on Luronsa IV in hand-to-hand combat.

-          Predd Jason increases his powerbase and begins to make moves on the trade routes of Dressel.

-          Fifth New Republic team sent to Maquina to free the Durathosin hostages.  It is a failure.

-          Queed arrives on Abrogard to catch up with and check on his plant there, the mechanic Tine.

 

7+ ABY - Old Debts

 

-          Ryath Centaur journeys to Weaktreen and destroys Geon Tasars base.

 

Eight years after Battle of Yavin

 

ARRIVAL OF LIPRO MADRIA

 

-          Lipro Madria and his team arrive in the Setnin Sector with one aim - to hinder the illegal activities of the Setnin underworld and find the gangleader who set Lipro up and left him to die in the Corb Sector. Lipro and his team work on the ‘dark’ side of the law, taking part in illegal activities to learn more about who they are dealing with and to help upset the sector’s gang members.  Based on Cantarr Bi Romou, Lipro likes to keep on the move aboard his huge frigate the Vengeful Searcher, a Corellian designed ship that is lightly armed but heavily armoured.

 

8+ ABY - City Beneath the Soil

 

-          Arkin is injured during a shootout in the Fortress of Glann Cipple on Amagad.

-          Jan Lomona completes a simple mission to Corvela and while there meets Haetzi Pocock, niece of Jomobol.  The two get along well and spend the night together.

-          Goah Galletti is despatched to Noscage to hunt down a man wanted by Glann Cipple

-          Tarr Ranth is sent to intercept Goah Galletti.

-          Jan Lomona and Ryath Centaur are also sent on the mission to Noscage.

 

8+ ABY – Taking the Hit

 

LUSCHIA ARKENSAW KILLS PREDD JASON

 

-          Glann Cipple arranges a meeting between Predd Jason, Jan Lomona, Goah Galletti and Luschia Arkensaw on Wennicas.  After a brief discussion Arkensaw kills Predd Jason with a rocket launcher, leading to the trios hasty retreat from the planet.

-          Jan Lomona is ambushed by Plinth the Barabel and taken to the Chancai Hardball Stadium.

 

8+ ABY – Chancai Whispers

 

-          Lomona pays for the damage at the Red Star Hotel and explains himself to his friend Bozz Yoon.

-          Luschia Arkensaw arrives on Amagad.

-          Grabby Cap agrees to carry out an unusual request for Luschia Arkensaw from the safety of his Amagad City branch of Grabbys Gunshop.

-          Luschia Arkensaw meets up with the bodyguard Arkin, offering him an unusual proposition.

 

8+ ABY – Everyday Problems

 

RYATH CENTAUR GAINS REVENGE ON PILLOT ALVARNA

 

-          Ryath Centaur finally tracks down Pillot Alvarna, the most sought after and final name on his wanted list from Durathosin, and executes him.

 

8+ ABY - Challenge of the Stars

 

-          Jan Lomona and Goah Galletti formally end their increasingly infrequent partnership – Galletti’s volatility precipitating the break-up.

 

8+ABY – The Peculiar Dreams of Goah Galletti

 

-          Still unable to make any headway with the D’Staan disk given to him five years before by his daughter Armella, Glann Cipple contacts Mister Spyte on Cawbate and asks if he will assist with its decoding for a share of the profits.

-          Goah Galletti and Durne Selka travel to Ratchin to negotiate an end to the trade disputes there.

 

8+ ABY – Worst Case Scenario

 

-          Goah Galletti and Durne Selka give Glann Cipple the cash box from their journey to Ratchin.  Cipple is very pleased.

-          Goah Galletti is evaluated by a psychiatrist and found to be dangerously nearing a level of clinical insanity that could endanger himself and his associates.  The clone Galletti ignores this analysis.

-          Alexa Black arrives on the world of Angoria IV and plays an evening of Doonback with the local government officials.  Winning five thousand credits from one of them, she tells him to keep the money but to contact her when there are any profitable jobs going around.

 

Nine years after Battle of Yavin

 

CLONE GALLETTI ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

 

-          Goah Galletti ditches the Phoenix into the Bay of Amagad in an attempted suicide.  Surviving the crash but losing an arm, he is told by Glann Cipple that his death would cost the Amagadian ganglord too much money.  Galletti doesn’t understand his reasoning – still blocking out the truth that he is a genetically bred clone.

-          Goah Galletti is given a prosthetic replacement for his arm.  Glann Cipple pays the surgeon, Doctor Kerrik, not to tell Galletti that he is a clone.

-          Glann Cipple has Doctor Kerrik quietly eliminated by the assassin Carlonian Feese.

-          Alexa Black is hired by the government of Angoria IV to collect information on their neighbouring world of Biltsena.

 

BIRTH OF BREA CIPPLE

 

-          Bella Cipple gives birth to their second daughter Brea on the fourth floor of Glann’s Fortress on Amagad.

-          Glann Cipple travels to Goah Galletti's base on Trefnare for a clear-the-air session with the black clad assassin.  Galletti threatens the ganglord, reminding him whose house he is in and that his life is in Galletti's hands.  They part acrimoniously.

-          Dressel learns of a way to exploit the continuing tensions between the worlds of Angoria IV and Biltsena and hires Alexa Black to collect more information about the two worlds and the situation there.  Black readily agrees.

 

9+ ABY - The Red and the Black

 

-          After much deliberation, Mister Spyte agrees to assist Glann Cipple in decoding the D’Staan disk.

-          Ryath Centaur and Goah Galletti clash on Wennicas after Galletti learns that Centaur is hunting down Galletti's younger brother Boah.  Centaur gains the upper hand in a furious brawl and manages to subdue the crazed assassin.  During the melee, Centaurs great friend Saul Davlon is killed.

 

CENTAUR RECLAIMS THE IRON CLAWS

 

-          Ryath Centaur reclaims leadership of the Iron Claws and starts work building the unit back up towards its former glory.

 

MISTER SPYTE BETRAYED AND KILLED BY GLANN CIPPLE

 

-          Glann Cipple invites Mister Spyte to meet with him in the Amagadian city of New Phoenix.  As he departs, Spytes shuttle explodes - sabotaged at Cipples instigation.

 

GLANN CIPPLE LOCATES THE HEED

 

-          After sifting through voluminous maps contained within the D’Staan disk given to him by Armella six years before, Glann Cipple finally narrows down the search for the Heed to the Foron System.

-          Sixth New Republic team sent to Maquina to free the Durathosin hostages.  It is a failure.

 

9+ ABY – A Flair for the Dramatic

 

HEED IS DISCOVERED

 

-          The Heed is uncovered from its three thousand year wait within the Foron Dustcloud.  With partial power restored, the massive vehicle achieves orbit – all the while managing to keep its re-emergence secret from Cipples enemies.

 

9+ ABY - A Lesson in Responsibility

 

-          Ex-New Republic Captain Jank Hooleys memorial service is held aboard the Leogard Spacestation.

-          Janos Executioners land on Zelon, intent on hunting down their Ferrerean prey.

-          Bad Luck Beon Odiss and his sometime partner Squiz land on Zelon.

 

9+ ABY – Couriers of a Dangerous Cargo

 

-          Glann Cipple finally acquires enough Janos Jewel to fully power the legendary starship Heed.

-          Nemec Niern buys the Euphoria Station from Glann Cipple for a large fee.  Knowing it will take a number of years to refit, Niern begins immediately.

 

9+ ABY – The Fall of Glann Cipple

 

9+ ABY – Never to Return

 

DESTRUCTION OF AMAGAD CITY

 

9+ ABY - An Admirable Effort

 

DEATH OF THE CLONE GOAH GALLETTI

 

-          New Amagad City governor Karatchi Benzel is elected to office in an unrigged public election, but it is a hollow victory.  Post-Heed, Amagad City is a nuclear wasteland.

-          Paige Retgarr leaves A-desando and takes the job of engineer and mechanic with Romanoe's operation that is temporarily stationed on Chancai. 

 

REAL GALLETTI AND ARMELLA D’STAAN RETURN TO SETNIN

 

-          The real Goah Galletti returns with Armella D’Staan aboard the Crusader.  She attempts to calm the explosive situation that is building by taking over what remains of the Cipple operation.  Galletti is given a less than enthusiastic welcome.

-          Beyad leaves Squadron Indigo and the New Republic behind and takes up the life of a free trader, buying a freighter the Wars End and working the lanes.

-          Commander Sall leaves Squadron Indigo and becomes a high-ranking officer aboard the New Republic ship the Moz’a’ti.

 

9+ ABY – Dirty Work

 

9+ ABY – Father of Change

 

-          Hikksen is hired as Dressel’s right-hand man and soon starts organising the operation into a unit capable of taking over Setnin’s underworld.

-          Rival gangleaders, Jomobol Pocock and Dressel among them prepare to take Setnin for their own.  Soon another Gang War reaches boiling point.

-          Utilising what people and assets she has Armella D’Staan tries to stop a third Gang War by attempting to take full control of the underworld. 

-          Dressel, Pocock and others meet with Armella D’Staan on A-desando to try and broker a deal but the negotiations fail and Gang War is declared.

 

THE PROSPERITY WAR - THIRD GANG WAR

 

-          Despite the lack of a clear victor after the conclusion of the Prosperity War, Armella D’Staan decides to leave Setnin and travel back to the Core Worlds and her partner Breia, swearing to never return.

 

BESSA CIPPLE RETURNS TO CLAIM AMAGAD

 

-          Bessa Cipple reappears in the Setnin Sector and stakes her claim to the Setnin underworld, taking the now snow-bound planet of Amagad as her base of operations and once again running Cipple's operation, though on a much reduced scale.