The thopter didn't have a clear mark on them but kept looking. Something must have alerted them, or it was just their high-security protocol around here. The infiltrators could hear engines of additional craft approaching from behind the massif they'd been descending from, heavier by the sound of it...

"I think they are. Their squad leader here, Bannerjee, is a reasonable man." Chatt shrugged. "It's easy to get them killed, Ahmina. Harder to keep them alive." They finally reached the cave where the smugglers were held. There was a commotion, but Chatt's reputation was such that they didn't challen...

When the frigate had been landing, there hadn't been any activity readings. Presence manifested itself soon after touchdown. For any military person on board it was obvious that they were surrounded. Before they'd play the guessing game, Allison and Edwell crossed the path to the frigate. They'd bee...

Chani didn't comment, but she quickly agreed to the notion to fall back. They weren't prepared to face all that was ahead. But she prioritised caution over pace this time. Their pathway was being watched from above. EA8. Sneaks. Bold. Deliberate Motion. Subtle Steps. Faith/Move (Stealth). 2 Threat f...

[Cuyler is at -2 Successes, so 4 generated, 1 needed, +3 Game Momentum] [Threat: 15] [Challenge Cleared.] Using Cuyler-pointed and Chani-approved shortcut amid narrow rocks that hid them from being immediately tracked down by the thopter, they got through, and... ...there was a refinery! It was hard...

Day 9 Pool: 20 Bedrock: 16 1 Legitimate Suspicion (Reyyan, Claudius, Cuyler) 1 Legitimate Suspicion (Reyyan, Bomilcar, Claudius) 1 Legitimate Suspicion (Reyyan, Cuyler, Claudius) 1 Legitimate Suspicion (Bomilcar, Claudius) 1 Legitimate Suspicion (Bomilcar, Dorian, Cuyler, Ahmina) 1 Legitimate Suspi...

[Discovering Orgiz: Legitimate Suspicion!]

"Justice? Who asks for justice? We make our own justice. We make it here on Arrakis—win or die. Let us not rail about justice as long as we have arms and the freedom to use them." [/i] The CHOAM frigate, whose flight was nominally scheduled to be back to Arrakeen, had gone off the grid, putting the...

"Why does this offworld woman look like me." It was an answer more than a question - the reason for her disquiet, even as she was hiding it. "You could have told me about it, Ahmina."

I recalculated my and your spending, we're at 14.

[4 - 1 = 3 Successes] [Running Total: 14/15] [Threat Count: 21] The difficult passage didn't let them cover the whole ascent just yet, mere tens of metres before looking over the ridge. They were potentially exposed there... And then, an unmarked thopter appeared on the sky, emerging from the other ...

Clarification:

While the first die is free, the second still costs 2 Threat or Momentum.

The high rocks they'd been climbing could be offering enough of a view on the Orgiz Canyon beyond...

[Best approach is from the massif, not from the desert. Constantly Watching removed success penalties from heat and surveillance.]

Cuyler: 3 successes. Running total: 11 successes.

Chani led them through the rocks with almost preternatural stealth, hiding her presence even in the full sun. EA8. Sneaks. Bold. Deliberate Motion. Subtle Steps. Faith/Move (Stealth). 2 Threat for 4th Die. 8/6 (Stealth) : 4#1d20 14 16 3 1 [Threat Balances Out; 5 - 1 = 4 successes, no complications, ...

They had landed quite the distance from what Chani knew would be the Orgiz Canyon. If asked, she'd have told them the story she'd heard from the other Fremen: a worm had got into an insufficiently blocked canyon entry and had ravaged everything. If anything had been rebuilt there, it was only with g...

Cybillus noticed him first. He didn't even give a look to their surroundings. Of course they were watched.

"Drake, Mutellis, right? So you've ended up here. Can't say I am too surprised."

Ahmina turned to Stillgar for a moment ''They will need my help as well, my naib. Can I accompany Chani in this endeavor?'' "Keep helping them." Stilgar said in Chakobsa, then his face reacted somewhat to Edwell uttering the name of the place they were going. So the offworlders knew more. He didn't...

The resemblance had only several possible explanations. A random genetic quirk couldn't be entirely dismissed, but was extremely unlikely. One could get spooked into thinking one of them could be a Tleilaxu face dancer, but it was very unlikely too, given important differences in the looks of Chani ...

Stilgar looked at the two. "Chani will lead you there." He gestured, and two more Fremen emerged from the rocks up there, having stayed completely obscured until now. The first of them drew attention for reasons that were obvious on first look. https://c.tenor.com/aTXlnLsOb-AAAAAC/focused-zendaya.gif

Stilgar looked at their thopter. "There are two thopters." He admitted with some concern. "One has to go across the erg, the other may get closer to Orgiz." He left the matter for them to decide on who goes where. "I must go across the erg, another can lead to Orgiz if this is what you want now." So...

"Ah. Landing is what they could have made. I'll check those coordinates if you show them to me. Will the rest of your group be arriving there?" That had indeed been the plan based on a bet the advance team would discover the site for their final investigation in the area. Which was now happening.

"Ah. Landing is what they could have made. I'll check those coordinates if you show them to me. Will the rest of your group be arriving there?" That had indeed been the plan based on a bet the advance team would discover the site for their final investigation in the area. Which was now happening.

"We already know Dune, Buzmali. The trust requires we learn what you know, what directions they gave you. Did the smugglers give you a name, or just the coordinates?"

"They may refuse to tell it. Even if their word is not worth their water, the still understand that betraying their partners is bad business." Chatt shrugged as they walked up from the warrens of the Cave of Birds to the hidden seals where there was a more exposed part of the caverns.