Violence erupts on Tatooine – gang war in the making?

Date: 200807
Planet: Tatooine
Region: Mos Eisley/Farpoint Valley

Story: (Written by the Galactic News Agency, Ramona doesn't write IC).

Mos Eisley is a violent town, as many regular visitors can attest to. Last night was no exception, and a number of regulars in Chalmun’s didn’t bat an eye when a difference of opinion between a trandoshan slaver and a group of twi’leks over whether twi’leks were smelly but made good slaves or not was settled with blasterfire. The trandoshan’s arguments proved less compelling, and he ended up gunned down in the middle of the cantina.

This would have been considered business as usual in Mos Eisley if two twi’leks involved in this were not spotted later in Farpoint Valley under similar circumstances. While the information available is still sketchy, from what is known, an Ithorian was shot there by a group of people, among them the two twi’leks mentioned earlier, when he was trying to reach the shuttle after jumping down from Jailbirds’ balcony.

Fragments of conversation reported prior to the shooting as well as general behaviour leave the impression that this was an organised move by a gang trying to get rid of the Ithorian and his employees – maybe a gang trying to grab more of Tatooine’s business world, or trying to get rid of competition, seeing as how closely related business and crime are on Tatooine.

Seen under this light, the gunning down of the slaver in Mos Eisley by the same people might not be a personal issue as much as another „statement“, this time to the Lokian slaving organisation the trandoshan belongs to.

Given how both Tatooine and Lok’s population likes to settle disputes, a gang war seems not that unlikely. Mercenaries looking for employment might do well taking a look at Tatooine - odds are, a number of people are looking to beef up their security.