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extrapenguinThe whole "have rock-bottom expectations" thing continues to pay off!
Chapter 2's premise is that Zahadd Dume, Grand Champion of the Great Hunt, is given access to a list of top secret bounties only accessible to other Grand Champions, and then goes hunt bounties. This is probably the most boring chapter 2 in the game.
The intro segment involves hunting a large monster at Mandalore's behest, and then being told that was your "ritual blooding" and would you become a Mandalorian plz, Mandalore's got other business to attend to and it's Tradition for there to be a Mandalorian Grand Champion in active service or something. It sort of felt natural enough that Zahadd Dume ended up becoming a Mandalorian even though I'd planned not to. (I knew the option was coming, but I thought it'd be at the end of chapter 3 or something.)
Zahadd, Mako, and the beast.
Then comes the Black List. Your colleagues send you to the worst bounties as hazing; first up is Taris, where some old Mandalorian who rebelled against the establishment went into exile. He is the target. We met his son when we were hunting the large monster, and turns out he's since been transferred to Taris and gone AWOL. (While I appreciate the earlier introduction, the way it happened, like, 5 minutes ago makes it a bit baffling. At least have Torian mention he's going to be transferred to Taris in the previous segment?) Anyway, Torian is not actually working for daddy, and in fact we end up taking daddy Cadera down together. There was some Mandalorian bs about luring daddy Cadera out with some challenge to his honor, but, whatever. Then Torian joined the crew.
This appears to be the only screencap I have of Taris.
The Quesh interlude is a biotech corp asking us to be the face of their new adrenal line. Zahadd Dume loves credits, so she went (with Gault, the businessman, even, instead of her usual friend Mako). Turns out it was actually an SIS trap to try and capture her because of her murder of that Jedi Master at the end of chapter 1! And leaving the padawan alive didn't end up mattering, because you kill her here. Ah well.
"Yeah I'd like a drink to go with my ridiculous rewards."
Next up is Hoth, where the target is a Trandoshan who wishes to get the highest amount of Jagannath points ever so that when he dies, the Scorekeeper will marry him. As the bounty gave more money alive, I captured him alive, thus resetting his score. The conceit of the planet was having to kill his lieutenants to prove myself ~worthy~ of a fight (so he could get Jagannath points from my death or w/e). To get at them, we cooperated with Blizz, an adorable Jawa who used to work for the Trandoshan pirate before being framed for theft, kicked out, and captured by the Empire. Slightly more memorable than Taris, since Blizz is adorable, and the final lieutenant wanted to participate in some mative rite of his species that made us siblings of a sort after the fight.
The ritual involved sharing a drink. This is hilarious with a helmet on.
After all this, our colleagues invite us to a bash on Nar Shaddaa. Except ... the SIS gatecrashed it, and all three of the colleagues are dead! (Mandalore was busy with other stuff and did not appear in chapter 2.) What follows is a boss battle with some SIS goons and a Jedi sent to arrest us, followed by the Republic throwing a shitfit and accusing us of a variety of crimes, most of which we haven't actually committed. The Supreme Chancellor himself goes on the warpath! Then chapter 3 starts with a Sith Lord offering us bounties on the Jedi Master coordinating the attack, Jun Seros, as well as two of his lieutenants.
Walking over the corpse of your colleague. Just another day as a Bounty Hunter.
New companions:
Torian Cadera is the loyal Mandalorian son of a Mandalorian traitor clan. He's the love interest for female bounty hunters, so Zahadd's been flirting it up out of a sense of let's see what happens. His personality is over 95% "hi I'm a Mandalorian" and the rest is "I like hunting", which is, uh, kinda the same.
Blizz is an adorable and kinda naïve Jawa salvager. He is cute and adorable and tech-minded. I haven't spent much time with him but he is adorable and cute. (Seriously, that's most of his personality.)
What's not to love?
Chapter 2's premise is that Zahadd Dume, Grand Champion of the Great Hunt, is given access to a list of top secret bounties only accessible to other Grand Champions, and then goes hunt bounties. This is probably the most boring chapter 2 in the game.
The intro segment involves hunting a large monster at Mandalore's behest, and then being told that was your "ritual blooding" and would you become a Mandalorian plz, Mandalore's got other business to attend to and it's Tradition for there to be a Mandalorian Grand Champion in active service or something. It sort of felt natural enough that Zahadd Dume ended up becoming a Mandalorian even though I'd planned not to. (I knew the option was coming, but I thought it'd be at the end of chapter 3 or something.)
Zahadd, Mako, and the beast.
Then comes the Black List. Your colleagues send you to the worst bounties as hazing; first up is Taris, where some old Mandalorian who rebelled against the establishment went into exile. He is the target. We met his son when we were hunting the large monster, and turns out he's since been transferred to Taris and gone AWOL. (While I appreciate the earlier introduction, the way it happened, like, 5 minutes ago makes it a bit baffling. At least have Torian mention he's going to be transferred to Taris in the previous segment?) Anyway, Torian is not actually working for daddy, and in fact we end up taking daddy Cadera down together. There was some Mandalorian bs about luring daddy Cadera out with some challenge to his honor, but, whatever. Then Torian joined the crew.
This appears to be the only screencap I have of Taris.
The Quesh interlude is a biotech corp asking us to be the face of their new adrenal line. Zahadd Dume loves credits, so she went (with Gault, the businessman, even, instead of her usual friend Mako). Turns out it was actually an SIS trap to try and capture her because of her murder of that Jedi Master at the end of chapter 1! And leaving the padawan alive didn't end up mattering, because you kill her here. Ah well.
"Yeah I'd like a drink to go with my ridiculous rewards."
Next up is Hoth, where the target is a Trandoshan who wishes to get the highest amount of Jagannath points ever so that when he dies, the Scorekeeper will marry him. As the bounty gave more money alive, I captured him alive, thus resetting his score. The conceit of the planet was having to kill his lieutenants to prove myself ~worthy~ of a fight (so he could get Jagannath points from my death or w/e). To get at them, we cooperated with Blizz, an adorable Jawa who used to work for the Trandoshan pirate before being framed for theft, kicked out, and captured by the Empire. Slightly more memorable than Taris, since Blizz is adorable, and the final lieutenant wanted to participate in some mative rite of his species that made us siblings of a sort after the fight.
The ritual involved sharing a drink. This is hilarious with a helmet on.
After all this, our colleagues invite us to a bash on Nar Shaddaa. Except ... the SIS gatecrashed it, and all three of the colleagues are dead! (Mandalore was busy with other stuff and did not appear in chapter 2.) What follows is a boss battle with some SIS goons and a Jedi sent to arrest us, followed by the Republic throwing a shitfit and accusing us of a variety of crimes, most of which we haven't actually committed. The Supreme Chancellor himself goes on the warpath! Then chapter 3 starts with a Sith Lord offering us bounties on the Jedi Master coordinating the attack, Jun Seros, as well as two of his lieutenants.
Walking over the corpse of your colleague. Just another day as a Bounty Hunter.
New companions:
Torian Cadera is the loyal Mandalorian son of a Mandalorian traitor clan. He's the love interest for female bounty hunters, so Zahadd's been flirting it up out of a sense of let's see what happens. His personality is over 95% "hi I'm a Mandalorian" and the rest is "I like hunting", which is, uh, kinda the same.
Blizz is an adorable and kinda naïve Jawa salvager. He is cute and adorable and tech-minded. I haven't spent much time with him but he is adorable and cute. (Seriously, that's most of his personality.)
What's not to love?