**originally intended for the Distress Signal: Disciples of Baas competition, but didn't submit in time**
Incident Report
PAD Droveth Kathera Vectivi
Disciples of Baas
I, Padawan Droveth Kathera Vectivi, was dispatched to investigate an incident involving the destruction of a Harakoan caravan. Upon arriving to the scene, the first thing I noted was the surprising lack of footprints. Clearly a struggle took place, but the majority of the trails were clearly from the Harakoans involved within the caravan. This led me initially to believe that there had been dissent within the group that had caused the incident. Many Harakoans laid dead at the scene, but not the entire group. This also contributed to my earlier hypothesis about dissent within the group. He caravan of goods was destroyed, but there was very little evidence of any supplies being wasted. There were no sign of the reptilian mounts used for transportation except a series of trails leading off to the east. Nearly all of the goods and supplies had been removed from the scene. This fact, along with the previous clues, further proved that a small dissenting group within the caravan seized control and ransacked the rest, killing those who stood in there way and taking the supplies. It is my impression that this group used the reptilian mounts to flee the area and head East. While all the evidence seemed the point towards the dissenting group, my intuition was that something was missing. It seemed too perfect, almost as if it had been planned this way. An altercation between conflicting Harakoans does not warrant the same alarm as a more insidious foe. I reached out with the force and was compelled the follow the trail east and determine exactly what had caused this. The footprints led me to the location of the reptilian mounts situated around a body of water, a small pond, drinking from its depths. This seemed to disprove my theory. Would the Harakoans not hold on the the mounts as transportation for their goods? It appeared that the trail I had followed was simply the animals being set free and moving as a group towards a water source. If these were not used as transportation, then the group who attacked the caravan had to have been using a ship or shuttle of some kind. I returned to the scene of the incident and discovered, upon reexamining the area, some burn marks to the left of the main caravan. These burns seemed to indicate a takeoff from some sort of shuttle. Now it appeared to me that a group of mercenaries was involved with this incident. With this new theory in mind, reexamining the bodies showed signs of advanced weaponry, perhaps blasters, used to subdue the victims. Knowing the Harakoans dO not posses such technology, the only reasonable solution is that an outside force was involved. After reviewing the facts as a whole, it is my belief that a group of mercenaries, tipped off by or perhaps working with a group of Harakoans, raided the supply caravan and killed the remaining witnesses.
My recommendation is that a peacekeeping group be sent to discover the location of said group and bring them to justice.