- "A new Star Wars adventure game scenario! For use with the Dark Side Sourcebook"
- ―Description
"Signal Interruption" was a web enhancement published at Wizards.com on August 9, 2001 for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game, to be used with the Invasion of Theed adventure game and the The Dark Side Sourcebook.
Plot summary[]
- "Let's make this quick, I think I was followed."
- ―Raymas Daal, to the player characters
Criminal Raymas Daal, working for the Trade Federation, hires a group of independent operatives to deactivate a Naboo sensor array shortly before the Federation's invasion of the planet.
Development[]
- "This short adventure is designed to introduce beginning players and GMs to some of the exciting concepts found in the new Dark Side Sourcebook by Bill Slavicsek and JD Wiker."
- ―Description on the Wizards of the Coast website
"Signal Interuption" is a roleplaying game adventure created for use with Wizards of the Coast's Star Wars: Invasion of Theed Adventure Game. The adventure was written by Jesse Decker and illustrated by Adam Hughes. Other credited personnel include Sue Weinlein Cook for editing and web production, Sean Glenn for art direction, Todd Gamble for cartography, Kyle Hunter for graphic design, Leland Chee for Lucas Licensing, and Thomas M. Reid as the creative director.[1]
"Signal Interruption" was created to introduce players to concepts found in The Dark Side Sourcebook,[1] a supplement to the Star Wars Roleplaying Game written by Bill Slavicsek and J.D. Wiker and published on August 2, 2001.[3] The adventure itself was published as a PDF file on Wizards.com[1] a week after the sourcebook's release[3] on August 9, 2001. The webpage included a PDF of maps for use with the adventure. The webpage also states that players do not need a copy of The Dark Side Sourcebook to complete the storyline, while also recommending that having it—alongside content from[1] the February 2001[4] sourcebook Secrets of Naboo sourcebook by Steve Miller—will be helpful.[1]
Continuity[]
- "Do you think she suspects an attack?"
"I don't know, but we must move quickly to disrupt all communications down there." - ―Rune Haako and Nute Gunray in dialogue from The Phantom Menace that is partially explored in "Signal Interruption"
"Signal Interruption" is described as taking place during events mentioned at the beginning of the 1999 prequel trilogy Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, which takes place in 32 BBY.[2] The adventure specifically reveals how the Trade Federation was able to jam Naboo's offworld transmissions once they commenced their landing on the planet.[1] The LucasArts video game Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, released on November 11, 2001,[6] also portrays the disruption of Naboo's communications through the Subjugation of Parrlay, in which the Trade Federation attacks and destroys several transmitters during their landing.[7] The city of Kwilaan shares its name[1] with Kwilaan, a Naboo historical figure first mentioned in Secrets of Naboo.[8]
A map from "Signal Interruption"
The adventure uses character tokens included in the Invasion of Theed Adventure Game, which include depictions taken from other Star Wars characters that appeared in the background of scenes from The Phantom Menace. Daal is represented through the generic mercenary token, which uses the image[1] of Televan Koreyy,[9] while the RSF characters are represented by thug tokens, two of which[1] depict Bok Askol[9] and one of which[1] depicts Mat Rags.[9] The first page of "Signal Interruption" also depicts four of the hero characters[1] from the Invasion of Theed Adventure Game: Rann I-Kanu, Arani Korden, Galak, and Rorworr.[10] The adventure instructions mention that the players can use these characters and the other heroes from the game,[1] which include Dané, Deel Surool, Toba, and Sia-Lan Wezz.[10] However, there is not direct canonical confirmation that these individuals were those responsible for the attack on the sensor array.
Daal was later mentioned in the 2008 reference book The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia. His entry confirmed that after Daal canonically hired freelancers to attack the sensor array, he was later captured by the RSF.[11]
Appearances[]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23
"Signal Interruption" on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Signal Interruption" describes itself as taking place during the events described at the beginning of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, prior to the Trade Federation's Invasion of Naboo, which The New Essential Chronology places the Invasion of Naboo places in 32 BBY.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Secrets Of The Dark Side Revealed In Distinctive Star Wars Roleplaying Game Sourcebook" on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑
Naboo's Secrets Revealed on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds on GameSpot.com (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
- ↑ Secrets of Naboo
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: The Expanded Visual Dictionary
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Star Wars: Invasion of Theed Adventure Game
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 160 ("Daal, Raymas")
External links[]
"Signal Interruption" on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)