Episode 3 - The Queen of Air and Darkness

The search for the truth continues. Darga the Hutt, fleeing his palace on
Cato Neimoidia, has traveled to the planet Bespin to seek refuge.
Bespin, home to the famous resort and mining outpost known as Cloud City,
remains free of Imperial rule for the time being, and the city teems
with criminals and gamblers.
Meanwhile, intrepid heroes working with the Alderaanian Resistance travel to Bespin
to find the Hutt and learn more about his dealings with the Galactic Empire . . .

By the time the heroes arrive on Bespin, Darga is firmly secluded on
Cloud City, and his luxury yacht is hidden. When the heroes begin their
search for him, most of the usual avenues turn up nothing—the Hutt has
paid his associates handsomely to keep him hidden, and none would
jeopardize their health and wealth to reveal his location to anyone.


The heroes’ only lead comes when they learn that Cloud City will be
holding a major sabacc tournament in a matter of days, and that it is
rumored that an Imperial officer will be arriving to participate. Rumor
has it that this officer is in the pocket of Darga the Hutt, and that his
participation in the tournament is merely a cover-up for a clandestine
meeting between them. If the heroes can infiltrate the card game, they
might have a chance to question the Imperial officer or Darga’s agent
about the Hutt’s whereabouts—but first they must get into the game,
which is by invitation only. The tournament takes place and, if the
heroes do well, they find themselves face-to-face with Darga’s agent.

The heroes also discover that the reason for the officer’s visit was
not only to play in the tournament but also to deliver payment for the
biggest shipment of Tibanna gas yet. In addition, the payment for the
gas is unusual as well: the officer brought an entire transport ship full of
slaves to trade to the Hutt. The vessel with the Tibanna gas was
launched before the tournament started, and the slave ship remains in
orbit, having been brought to the system earlier.

The heroes discover that Darga has been hiding in a hangar in the
underside of Cloud City. When the heroes arrive, they face a combined
force of Darga’s minions and a small detachment of Imperial
stormtroopers. Darga makes a stand and engages the heroes in combat
(or at least, his minions do, while the Hutt prods them from the back of
the chamber). After Darga is defeated, the heroes learn that the Empire
has set the cruiser carrying Tibanna gas on a collision course with the
slave ship, eliminating the two biggest pieces of evidence of their deal,
which has now gone sour thanks to the heroes’ intervention.

Fortunately, the heroes still have a chance to stop the collision.
Inside the hangar are a number of brand-new Z-95 Headhunter
starfighters! As they reach low orbit, the heroes can see the Tibanna
gas carrier blazing toward the slave ship. Unfortunately, the
dagger-shaped form of a Star Destroyer appears
out of hyperspace bearing down on the heroes. The heroes must race to
destroy the ship carrying the Tibanna gas before it can crash into the
slave ship, fending off TIE fighters at the same time.