[H15 - Codia - WW] Expedition to the Phoenix Moon

The Preservation and Research Foundation have begun exploring the rocky deserts on the bright side of Codia's second moon, the Phoenix Moon. After several months of planning and gathering funds, made possible with the Confederacy of Free System's interest in the Codia system, several of the Foundations members and leaders have gone back into the field! They have discovered an abandoned ruined city after weeks of trekking in the desert and are beginning to investigate the question: why was it abandoned?  

Members of the Expedition:

Tolli Sierras: archaeologist graduate of the Telosian Academy who studied under Professor Nicholas Robert Quibbles Ph.D. until an accident with Quibbles' remnant employers left her injured. Jal Mes stumbled upon her by pure coincidence and took her to Kashyyyk, where she was almost eaten by a mind-controlled Wyyyschok spider controlled by Dr. Quibbles, who also happened to be Jal's rival. They have since all worked out their differences over a picnic of Leivaks and roasted porg and meiloorun sandwiches. She is currently working as an intern with the Foundation while looking for graduate programs. 

Jal Mes: native of the planet Duro, prior to it becoming uninhabitable and former member of the Keepers of the Force. He left due to his wanderlust and love for the stars. His reluctance to speak Galactic Basic and preference for Durese has caused friction with others, which made his adventures on Ossus and Hoth, well, interesting to say the least. He is also fluent in Shyriiwook. On the whole, his people skills are rather stunted due to living with repressed monks. Only recently he joined up with the Foundation. He almost exclusively drinks the Durese drink Leivaks, which he hopes more his colleagues would appreciate the wonderful aroma of, but alas! His academic interests are in force/spiritual-related artifacts and languages. 

Dr. Aposta Ramm: the Head of the Research Department for the Foundation. One of the original members of the Foundation, Dr. Ramm works both on her own research projects whilst also directing foundation members to interesting new projects or inquiries from both academic journals and people who don’t want their heritage and artifacts to fall into the grimy hands of warlords, pirates, or other opportunists. 

Professor Pod Floon: the Head of Activities for the Foundation following his exploits with the intrepid Harnabus Clod and Galactic Gazette journalist, Kitsa Rigo, on the jungles of Imynusoph. He was a tenure track professor at the Chandrilian Academy, but decided to take a several year long galactic sabbatical to explore the furthest reaches of the galaxy. His research is focused mostly on flora and fauna, and he will enthusiastically take any opportunity to go on further adventures, despite his new work in administration which he tackles with a little less, but great enthusiasim! 

Geeno Rii: An elderly Rodian academic whose only interest in life is pottery. No, seriously his entire office is just stacks of pottery and boxes filled with meticulously identified and sorted pottery shards and items. He even makes his own pottery when he isn’t digging it up and studying it. Dr. Ramm convinced him to join the expedition by promising that there'd be plenty of pottery on the Phoenix Moon.

Ehezeva Di’an: Originally a Freedom Fighter on Ryloth, Ehezeva has since pursued her passion for archaeology and artifacts following the success of the Ryloth Insurgency. 

BD-4: a refurbished BD unit, found by Ehezeva in the marketplace of Tabanna.

Note on Characters: Pod Floon was created by Sam, and his exciting past adventures can be read here! Jal Mes and Tolli Sierras appeared previously here and here. There's also room for more! It'd be great to see more relic hunters pop up around the galaxy 🙂