" Welcome part'ner, to good ole Texas.  Forget your woes, grab yer'self a good woman an' a shot of moonshine and relax in the wild Wild West of the Outer Rim. "

Setting: 4000 years before The Battle of Yavin

Rock Ridge

There are bigger towns on Texas, but none have the reputation like Rock ridge. It’s the Mos Eisley of Texas, and keeping the peace is more than a full time job.  Nevertheless, Sheriff Windu and Deputy 'Revolver' Jake do their best to keep law and order in a lawless state.  Rock Ridge itself is not a pretty town but located halfway between the old mines and Capital City.  Though this makes it a perfect rest point it also makes it a prime hangout for bandits,

Every seedy town has one. Rock Ridge has the finest ladies (well it has a few rough girls) and is run by the Lady Emanuelle.  Fees are negotiable.

Don’t expect to find blasters in here, nor should you expect to find galactic standard melee weapons. Swords are just not the norm here. What is for sale is a large selection of ballistic pistols. The finest on Texas, and yes, the owner Zoe Sixshooter is a good shot!

Zoe Sixshooter

Daughter of Harold Sixshooter, the veteran gunsmith who was killed recently by a band of outlaws. She has sworn her revenge.

Att: 2D, Dex: 4D, Perc: 3D

Firearms: 7D+2, (s) six-shooter: 12D+1, Dodge: 7D, Avoid Melee: 7D, Bargain: 6D, 

Streetwise (Texas): 8D, Riding: 4D, Weapon Repair: 6D+2

Two cashiers, two security guards, the manager and his deputy can be found here. The bank is insured but is still difficult to breach. Up to 20,000 cr are kept at the bank with an armoured Stage Coach collecting from the City once a week.

To the West lies the hottest most barren desert on Texas. A the heart of the desert is Death Valley. There is not a drop of water to be found here. Many Outlaws have died out here thinking it the best place to hide from the law. But you can’t hide from thirst or the baking sun.

South towards Lost Souls Valley, beyond which lies the old Mine. A long stretch of road downhill often causes the Stage Coaches to pick up speed. But at the bottom of the road is a sharp turn. Run wide by a few feet and you find yourself in the valley with a several hundred foot drop onto rocks.

Head upstream towards the City, or down stream to the Southern Counties. But careful you don’t take the wrong turn down stream, it leads to the rapids.

South of Lost Souls Valley the river picks up speed. Only a fool would go this way on purpose. They have claimed many lives.

A few miles to the East is the Cemetery. Most of the towns dead are buried here.

Still under major construction. There is a line to the City, though more expensive than the Stage Coach.

Travel South and you must cross Lost Souls Valley. So named for the poor souls that have lost their lives at Dead Mans Turn. There is a bridge that crosses the valley several miles South as well as the Railroad bridge.

This is an old rope bridge rarely used due to it’s state of decay. It does cross the Lost Souls Valley, although it can not hold the weight of many people.

The pass cuts past rock Ridge on the Road South from the City. It eventually meets up with the road from Rock Ridge just past Dead Man’s turn.

The road can be reached by traveling East. Although longer, it is a lot safer than risking Dead Man’s Turn.

The old mines are still in use, though they do not produce even a quarter as much as they used to.  The precious metals, including some gold, are transported by steam locomotive to Capital City via Rock Ridge.

The Warriors of Gar Texas adventure

Era: N/A  Time Bandits were involved and no time period was stated.

Plot: Help the good guys beat the bad guys.

Special rules: PC's can not use their modern tech items, so must use six-shooters (just to set the mood), and the Sheriffs orders MUST be obeyed (for the adventure to work).

Scene One

A woman rides into town on horseback watched by the town sheriff.  Hit the music (Trouble by Pink).  The woman on horseback is Viper.  Viper waltzes into the Last Chance Saloon and orders a shot of the good stuff.  On the sheriffs instructions the girl is not served.  To make matters worse Machismo, of the NBO, is at the bar.  Viper starts a rumble.  Eventually Sheriff Windu breaks up the fight just as Trish and Ripley show up.  Viper is arrested, more for her own protection.  Machismo warns that Mad Dog will be looking to have some 'fun' at the expense of Rock Ridge and the Time Bandits.

GM note: there is no reason for Machismo to be here or for him to know of the Time Bandits.  This was played pretty much for fun.

Scence Two

Bossko B. shows up to rescue Viper and enlists the help of some guy wearing a cowboy hat and a gold star badge.  The guy is Sheriff Windu and Bossko B. ends up in the cell with Viper.

Meanwhile, the next morning the Sheriff explains to Trish & Ripley about how Mad Dog is planning to hold up the steam train as heads from the mines to Capital City.  With Viper & Bossko freed the 'Bandits deduce the best point for attack would be to blow up the bridge over Lost Souls Valley.  They head out and are attacked by several of Mad Dogs goons.  The bombs are indeed found and disarmed while Bossko B. plays at being a choo-choo-train!!!  Bossko, "choo-choo ... choo-choo ... whoo-whoo!"

The train safely reaches Rock Ridge.

Scence Three

Viper and Bossko B. dissappear.  The fact that the troublesome duo are not causing trouble, or pretending to be trains, causes Trish and Ripley to become concerned about what they are up to.  Anyway, Trish and Ripley get a good nights sleep.  The next morning Trish and Ripley board the train with Sheriff Windu to protect it from any possible attack.

Indeed Mad Dogs men do attack.  Riding alongside the train they board.  The Sheriff is subdued.  Ripley is not.  Several outlaws attempt to kill the human/alien mutation.  The outlaws end up dead, although one got away when he was so scared of the intimidating Ripley he chose to jump from the train rather than fight her.  Trish was having a tough time.  She fought off an outlaw in the forward compartment.  She then realised that the train had slowed too much, that had allowed the outlaws to board, and then she finds the train driver dead.  Trish climbs the coal truck to make towards the engine.  On top of the train Trish is all but blinded by the smoke and she literally bumps into an outlaw.  The two fight and Trish get shot in the leg.  Eventually Trish throws the outlaw from the train and leaps into the engine, only to be quickly overpowered by Mad Dog.

Then it happens.  TROUBLE.  Hit that Pink track once more!!!

Ripley receives a com message from Bossko B. advising her that it really wouldn't be a good thing if the passenger compartment were still attached to the engine in the next two minutes.  Ripley, dreading what the Double Trouble act of Viper & Bossko were up to unhooked the carriages and comlinked Trish.  Trish gave Mad Dog the slip only by jumping from the train.  Mad Dog looks up ahead, and on a collision course, on the rail tracks, is Viper driving a steam powered TANK that she and Bossko had hammered together in the night (A-Team style).  

The steam engine and the tank thundered towards one another.  Viper and Mad Dog braced for impact ... CRASH!!!!!!!!!  Vipers steam tank drive right through the train..  The train was decimated, bolts, coal and shards of metal littered the Texas desert.

Mad Dogs days were ended, another train was called to transport the gold, and Viper and Bossko got down to some serious party action.