Nestled among the sewer
tunnels beneath Coronet City on Corellia is this oasis of life—that
is, as long as one considers mushrooms and other types of fungus to
represent life. Given how harsh life in the city's underside can be,
many of the locals are willing to take whatever kind of fresh
foodstuffs they can get. That is why the Sullustan gardener Rhea
Eluko has built her underground garden, a place that is now regarded
as neutral territory where anyone who lives in the tunnels can come
to obtain food.
The garden is built in a
flooded area that creates a pool of relatively fresh water. It can be
accessed from either end, where entry tunnels (1) open onto narrow
platforms of rock. Much of the garden is filled with water (2), which
ranges in depth from two meters at the sides to twenty meters in the
middle. In the center of it all is a broader platform (3) on which
Rhea cultivates her mushrooms. There is also a small cave in which
she resides (4), a dry space where she lays out her bedroll and keeps
those items that must be protected from the ever-present moisture.
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Rhea
Eluko
Type:
Sullustan Trader
DEXTERITY
2D+1
KNOWLEDGE
2D+2
Streetwise
4D+2
Survival
4D+2
MECHANICAL
4D+1
PERCEPTION
3D
Bargain
5D
STRENGTH
2D
TECHNICAL
3D+2
First
Aid 4D+2
Special
Abilities:
Enhanced
senses:
See the core rulebook for details.
Location
sense:
See the core rulebook for details.
Force
Points:
1
Character
Points:
5
Move:
10
Equipment:
Datapad,
comlink, blaster pistol (4D), crash survival kit
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Rhea
Eluko
Brawn 2 Agility
3 Intellect 2
Cunning 1 Willpower
2 Presence 2
Soak: 2 Wound
Threshold: 12
Strain Threshold: 12
M/R Defense: 0 / 0
Skills:
Astrogation 1, Charm 1, Deception 1, Lore 1, Medicine 1,
Negotiation 2, Perception 1, Streetwise 2, Survival 2, Underworld
1, Vigilance 1
Talents:
Grit, Know Somebody, Skilled Jockey, Smooth Talker, Wheel and Deal
Abilities:
One free rank in Astrogation; one free rank in Skilled Jockey
Equipment:
Datapad, comlink, blaster pistol (Ranged (Light); Damage 6;
Critical 3; Range [Medium]; Stun setting), crash survival kit.
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Rhea seems to be the
embodiment of the phrase “down to earth;” the Sullustan enjoys
little more than tending her garden, harvesting its fruits, and
sharing them with others who live in Coronet City's underside.
While that is true, though, few would suspect that she lives a
much more complicated life. Eluko was once a smuggler who worked
for the crimelord Slarr the Hutt; she even captained a Ghtroc 720
freighter, the Reeho. She was close to paying off the debt
that she owed on the vessel when the Hutt asked her to make a
pick-up at Coronet City. She was shocked to learn that her “cargo”
would be slaves, local urchins who'd become embroiled in lives of
crime and who, for various reasons, were being sold into
servitude. Finding that she'd been pushed to her ethical limit,
Rhea waited until they were all aboard, and then took off from her
landing platform. Then she carefully and capably crashed her ship.
The weather at the time was stormy, which provided something of an
excuse. Once the Reeho was in the water, the Sullustan
helped the would-be slaves escape from their bonds and then make
the short swim back to land, and to freedom. Of course, life in
the Correlian undercity is no easy thing, and so Rhea created the
Garden in order to help provide for the urchins that she'd
rescued. She also helped buy passage off of Corellia for each of
the younglings, even though it took considerable time and effort
to do so. Now she goes about her new business, content to live a
simple but relatively peaceful life—and one free from guilt.
Whether or not she would take further action against those who
exploit younglings for criminal purposes remains to be seen.
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