Escape From Echo Base — 32 of 54
Alex Gibbins-Stark
Section 5 - General Dodonna
General Dodonna is a man. Dodonna is proper-named. The description is "[if dead]The lifeless and bloodied body of a[otherwise if asleep]The sleeping body of a[otherwise]A[end if] serious looking man with white hair and a beard. On his uniform you see the rank insignia of a general.[if detonator is carried by Dodonna] He has a thermal detonator clipped to his belt.[end if]"
Understand "dodonna" as General Dodonna.
Persuasion rule for asking awake Dodonna to try going:
if Dodonna is in the Control Room:
say "'I won't leave the control room at this time.'";
persuasion fails;
otherwise:
persuasion succeeds.
Persuasion rule for asking awake Dodonna to try entering a vehicle:
persuasion succeeds.
persuasion rule for asking awake Dodonna to try exiting:
persuasion succeeds.
Instead of giving something to Dodonna:
say "'I'm [one of]too busy for[or]not interested in[at random] that."
The conversation of Dodonna is Table of Dodonna Topics.
The ignorant response of Dodonna is "'[one of]I'm too busy to discuss that[or]I haven't time to talk about that[at random].'"
Table of Dodonna Topics
| topic | reply | location |
| "attack/assault" | "'We're holding them off for the moment,' he says, 'but if those walkers get in range of the main generator, we're finished.'" | Control Room |
| "attack/assault" | "'The Imperials are too powerful for us. We must evacuate Echo Base and head for the transport.'" | -- |
| "generator" | "'The shield generator should hold - I hope.'" | Control Room |
| "generator" | "'It's only a matter of time before the walkers destroy the shield generator - we must evacuate while we can.'" | Echo Base |
| "generator" | "'It's holding, for now at least.'" | Generator |
| "escape" | "'There's a rebel transport waiting on the landing pad for the last few stragglers.'" | Control Room |
| "escape" | "'We need to jump to hyperspace.'" | Hoth Orbit |
| "escape" | "'We need to take off and make for orbit.'" | Landing Pad |
| "escape" | "'We need to head for the transport as quickly as possible.'" | -- |
| "echo base" | "'Echo Base is finished. We'll hold the Imperials off while we finish evacuating and then set the generator to self-destruct.'" | Control Room |
| "transport/bird" or "whispering bird" | "'We'll provide covering fire for the transport with the ion cannon while we can.'" | Control Room |
| "transport/bird" or "whispering bird" | "'A most reliable ship - I'm glad the pilot waited for us.'" | Space |
| "transport/bird" or "whispering bird" | "'We need to head for the transport as quickly as possible.'" | -- |
| "ion/cannon" or "ion cannon" | "'The ion cannon can be fired using the controls here.'" | Control Room |
| "ion/cannon" or "ion cannon" | "'I hope the ion cannon has disabled any Imperial warships in orbit.'" | Space |
| "ion/cannon" or "ion cannon" | "'The ion cannon controls are in the control room.'" | -- |
| "walkers/AT-ATs/walker/at-at/atat" | "'The Imperial AT-ATs are well-armed, but our snowspeeders should be able to deal with them.'" | Control Room |
| "walkers/AT-ATs/walker/at-at/atat" | "'The Imperial AT-ATs are slow, but well-armed. We need to evacuate the base before they arrive.'" | -- |
| "snowtrooper/stormtrooper" | "'Their armour may be blast proof, but it's still vulnerable to thermal detonators.'" | Control Room |
| "star destroyer" | "'If the ion cannon hasn't disabled it, it will capture the transport.'" | Control Room |
| "thermal/detonator" or "thermal detonator" | "'An inelegant weapon for a less civilised age.'" | -- |
Instead of asking awake Dodonna for detonator:
if Dodonna is carrying the thermal detonator:
try Dodonna giving a thermal detonator to the actor;
say "'It's quite powerful - you'll need to throw it from a distance.'";
otherwise:
say "'No more thermal detonators left, I'm afraid - you had my last one.'"
Every turn when the player can see Dodonna:
if Dodonna is in the Control Room and Dodonna is awake:
say "General Dodonna [one of]examines the readouts and frowns[or]speaks into the intercom[or]manipulates the controls[at random]. [run paragraph on with special look spacing]"
Dodonna is carrying the thermal detonator.