Slavers clash violently in the Lucky Despot - Brotherhood on the move?

Date: 260809
Planet: Tatooine
Region: Mos Eisley

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

Last night Aak the Toydarian, a slaver based on Talus, was visiting the Lucky Despot in Mos Eisley and ordering a few of his twi'lek slaves around when an unknown humanoid wearing full armor confronted and threatened him. According to several witnesses Aak kept his cool and tried to talk to the man, but despite the arrival of several of his employes the situation remained tense, the man obviously not impressed.



Things grew even more tense when two members of the Brotherhood of the Dosh, Scirzzo and Izisk, arrived, to protect Aak, and were confronted by a pair of twi'leks and a few unknown but suspected rebel soldiers. Who was opposing whom is not clear, the reports we have are contradicting each other, but violence seemed imminent when Aak was escorted - some say ordered - out of the casino by the trandoshans, and most of the involved people left as well.



The remaining guests and performers - among them three members of the Neutron Pixies - relaxed too soon though, since the two trandoshans returned, first ordering the still unknown man who started all to the roof of the Lucky Despot, then shortly afterwards ordering the same man to bring the well-known zeltron slaver Kaylaa, who had been watching the scene before, to the roof.

Kaylaa objected and tried to flee, but the exit was blocked by Izisk and she was cornered in the basement and overpowered in a short firefight, then dragged unconscious to the roof. Accounts of what happened there are sketchy at best, but from what is known the zeltron was savagely beaten and a bystander - maybe an unfortunate witness to the scene on the roof - was killed.

Zakor, captain of the Aluminum Falcon, managed to provide some first aid to the zeltron while the trandoshans left the casino. Some witnesses claim there was a third trandoshan, or a hybrid droid/trandoshan, but those remain unconfirmed and its role unclear, but Kayla was recovered by her coworkers.

The consequences of this incident are as of yet unknown. Kaylaa is a prominent member of the Twin Suns slaving organisaton and it remains to be seen if the attack on her will spark another slaver war, or if this is just another sign of the Brotherhood of the Dosh sucessfully moving to take control of the slave trade.