Friday, October 2, 2009

Tusken raiding group encountered near Farpoint Valley

Date: 021009
Planet: Tatooine
Region: Farpoint Valley

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

Tusken raiders, also known as sand people, are a native species on Tatooine and well known - even feared in some circles - for their violent hatred of every other sentient species. They usually attack everyone on sight, even Jawas, which are also indegnous to Tatooine. They lack the technology of a spacefaring civilisation and are therefore limited to old weapons they scavenge, but their savagery and knowledge of the land makes them formidable foes.

Yesterday a group traveling from Farpoint Valley to Mos Carova took a detour to the oasis near Farpoint Valley and ran straight into a large group of Tusken raiders. In the following fight they managed to drive off or kill the sand people, but two of them sustained wounds which needed medical attention - due to unfortunate irony one of them was Ichi Senshi, a medic on leave from the First Imperial Marine Expeditionary Force, who otherwise would have been able to treat the wounded. Both wounded are expected to fully recover though.



While the oasis' water is sought by the sand people they almost never range as far east as this, which leaves the locals wondering if this was a raid aimed at the nearby city or if there were other reasons for the presence of the tusken. According to some accounts the tusken also displayed some strange behaviour during the fight.

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