Operation Lamplighter Hub Page

"Berserk!" by caesar120 for West End Games

I'm making a single reference page for Operation Lamplighter (my Andor campaign) that will be
updated with descriptions of the various PCs throughout the campaign, links to the various session reports and other generated materials, and any additional or related blogposts that I make.

The PCs:

• Sergeant-Doctor Grozdak, Wookiee M.D. -- a Wookiee doctor turned guerrilla demolitionist. In civilian guise, wears a cyber-monocle and his autotranslator speaks with an upper-crust British accent. One of the original Operation Lamplighter team. 
  
  
• Icar Oberk -- a former enforcer for the Hutts who walked away from crime and began turning his skills towards more prosocial goals. Another Operation Lamplighter plankowner. 
  
  
• Fronz Veneto -- a mercenary from the Outer Rim who joined the Rebellion after Alderaan's destruction. Some things you can't just look away from. Another Operation Lamplighter plankowner.
  
  
• Nusha, Brash Smuggler -- a human smuggler from the Dusk Nebula, who attended the Imperial academy on Derethon years ago. Joined the group after her weapons shipment to another Rebel cell got interrupted by the Imps and her extraction options failed. 
  
  
• Umpy Kern -- a hard-as-nails forager from the rural planet Ophelia. Native of the Dusk Nebula, who joined the group after their initial operations began. 
  
  
• Zip Calfor -- a Twi'lek engineer from the Dusk Nebula, and another recent member. They have an R5 unit named Cloudburst

PCs Emeritus:

• Captain Vim Burnak -- a retired Imperial captain. Assigned to Operation Lamplighter, but forced to withdraw before the cell began primary operations. (Player had to step back from the campaign, alas!) 

Star Wars Blogposts

•  Gaming Insurgencies in a Galaxy Far, Far Away - my first noodlings towards this campaign idea, back in 2018
• Andor! The Game - announcing the start of the current campaign

Session Reports: 

1. Prologue: Operation Lamplighter Mission Briefing 
2. Session 1 (8/2/25): Arrival on Threshold
3. Session 2 (8/9): Threshold, Pt 2
4. Session 3 (8/16): Threshold, Pt 3
5. Session 4 (9/27): Arrival on Derethon
6. Session 5 (10/11): Derethon, Pt 1
7. Session 6 (10/18): Derethon, Pt 2
8. Session 7 (10/25): Derethon, Pt 3
9. Session 8 (11/8): Derethon, Pt 4
10. Session 9 (11/15): Derethon, Pt 5
11. Session 10 (12/6): New Iridonia, Pt 1
12. Session 11 (12/13): New Iridonia, Pt 2 

 

Andor Game Prologue: Operation Lamplighter Mission Briefing

This is the briefing the players of my Andor game received prior to start of game. 

YAVIN IV BRIEFING ROOM
Mid-day. Three months after the Battle of Yavin & destruction of the Death Star.

"Greetings, comrades, and welcome to Operation Lamplighter. You can call me Gadfly; I will be your case officer. 

"Gadfly"
(Rachelle Diedricks in Andor)

The Kubari Group was a Rebellion cell operating on the planet Derethon, in the Ord Oranna cluster of the Dusk Nebula. Kubari's objective was to monitor the nearby Imperial Academy and identify potential candidates within the student population for recruitment. They transmitted their information through a fractal radio operated by another Derethon cell."

A month ago, the Kubari Group broke protocols and transmitted information about a new Imperial project being developed at a research facility in the nearby Yeldii system. They informed Alliance Command about a defector, Major Lexsil Vehk, who had made contact with Kubari and wanted to provide details of this project, but would only speak to Alliance High Command once out of the sector. Unfortunately, this did not happen.

As of ten days ago, the Kubari Group has been neutralized. Right now, fifteen of the group are in an Imperial prison outside the sector, awaiting trial. The ISB rounded them up at a secret meeting in an isolated complex on the outskirts of Broken Sword, the Derethon capital. Complete security was observed, yet when they came out of the complex they found the place surrounded by ISB troops; resistance was pointless.

We must assume the traitor is someone in the group – or what is left of the group – which is now in hiding. 

Your initial mission is to insert onto Derethon and reconstruct the Kubari network. You’ll have to assemble and reinspire the survivors, and also recruit and train new members to cover the losses. You’ll also have to identify and eliminate the traitor if they are still a member of the group.

Major Lexsil Vehk
(Still from Return of the Jedi)

Once you have established operational security, your objectives are to:

1) Uncover what information you can about the Yeldii research facility and what is being developed there.
2) Rebuild the identification and recruitment arms of the Kubari Group to resume monitoring the Academy and extracting potential Alliance recruits.
3) Acquire space assets for in-sector operations.
4) Identify and designate targets of opportunity for Alliance action.

Be aware that both resupply and extraction will be extremely difficult, due to the isolated nature of the sector. While there are other Alliance units within the sector, details of their strength and location are classified for your protection and theirs.

Your cell will be provided with a fractal radio to maintain contact with me personally. Be cautious when using this; extended communications are likely to be detected by Imperial sensors. This radio cannot be captured. If it is at risk, destruction of the radio is your highest priority."