The new day came and the crew and passengers of the Aegis awoke, all feeling well-rested and ready to begin the next part of their adventure. Again they gathered in the lounge and some quiet conversation was made over cups of caf and breakfast.
The day was planned... Brim and Caden would be off first thing to find a means of re-registering the vessel. Sam, Britton and Kara would make their way to a parts dealer to purchase a sensor jammer that the droid had prepared for. The ship's computer was ready with all the connections in place to tie the jammer in. Sam had also re-organized a small portion of the lower hold where the new system would be welded into place. They were also to either hire a team of painters, or at least procure the materials for the Aegis to get a new look. Though the ship was Caden's, and the Bestinian was willing to fund a good portion of the Aegis' needs, still he had requested that all of the passengers chip in what they could to make these things happen.
And so they went off on their ways.
:ooc: Going to keep the party together on one thread for this part, as I don't think it is going to be very much longer until the Aegis will be lifting off from Cloud City. I could be wrong, maybe you guys wanna stay a while longer... if so let me know via RP'ing.
But anyway, I still wanna get some more RP'ing from everyone about the upgrades and a few more things that are about to happen... ;D
"Okay," Caden said to Brim, stretching as they walked down the landing platform, "you're into hunting, right, so how about you rustle us up some idea where we can find someone to illegally make my ship... legal? Again."
Inwardly, he sighed. What had he gotten himself into this time? But the die was cast - the Aegis could no longer be the Aegis... unless he wanted it to be a target. So for the time being, nothing else mattered but getting this done, shady though it may be.
He only hoped they could get it done quickly, and without too many... entanglements.
Kaida wondered if she had heard Caden right as he was leaving. Make the ship legal, illegally? They hadn't talked much the night before over dinner, but she gathered the crew was running from something. What did that mean for her, she wondered? Were they wanted more than she herself was? And what had they done? Something truly illegal? Whereas Kaida's sin was merely existing as a figurehead.
She knew she and her family were already wanted by the Empire. Though how much effort the Empire was currently putting into finding her, she wasn't sure. She sighed, and investigated the various rooms of the Aegis again. So, this was to be her home? But for how long?
She sank into a chair by a computer console, and wondered if she should log onto the nets. She put her hands behind her head and leaned back in the chair staring at the screen. Maybe this time she would get lucky and find some sort of lead in one of her accounts. Something that pointed to a location of a family member. Her family... her mind wandered.
Her father and mother had been captured, or worse, she supposed. She frowned, letting the memory wash over her again. When the fighting had reached it's peak, when Imperial Walkers were blasting holes in the palace walls, when rubble was falling around her and she heard the screams of the living and wounded, when blaster bolts flew about her--- then in those last few minutes, she had felt truly alive and strangely free. She hated to admit it. She herself had given orders to some of the troops who were defending the palace grounds, helping to set ambushes in the very hallways, before she was eventually countermanded by Karick, her older brother who was ten years her senior, and hustled off into a hidden shuttle and taken off planet. Karick. He was always so protective of her. She remembered him fondly for a moment then grimaced. All of them had taken separate shuttles in their escape to minimize the chance of capture or death and to maximize the survival of at least one member of the royal family. But Karick's had been shot down running the blockade. Had he crash landed back on their planet? Was he dead? Wounded? The "royal family", she muttered and shook her head. What did that mean now? Now that there was nothing to govern?
One by one her protectors had been killed, slaughtered in the line of duty by heartless, money-grabbing bounty hunters in the Empire's hire. It had been weeks since then, and she hadn't heard anything from anyone. She had always been running, ever running, until finally she arrived her on Bespin using public transport of all things.
She had been following her family's emergency protocol ever since the Empire took over, but so far she hadn't received any information from anyone. Had they all been captured or imprisoned or killed for daring to stand up to the Empire? For daring to fight for democracy?
Even if there were no messages, even if she were the last one of her family, she had a duty to her planet and especially to those freedom-loving citizens who so desperately fought and sought for freedom against the hated oppression of the Empire.
Her mouth pulling into a thin line, she issued the command that connected her to the nets and logged into her message account and scanned the vid screen for any new messages.
:ooc: Not sure how computers/internet work in starwars world, so if this isn't appropriate let me know.
Brim turned to Caden as they made their way into the city, "Well, there's bound to be someone who will overlook inconsistencies in a ship's registration application for a few extra credits. I have sufficient cash to hopefully get what we need."
:ooc: Brim began his scouting career onboard a vessel that likely had some additional identifications available. Would he have any knowledge of how they obtained these?
:ooc: Just curious, how much did Kara net in total from her little side "deal".
:ooc: You asked for 5%, which would have been an estimated 20,000... he gave you 25,000.
Sam told Brit and Kara about the droid-run underbelly he found the previous day and was sure almost anything could be procured from it. "Some of the droids are autonomous down there, but you never can tell which ones are working for others. Sentients might be marked down there, though. I could investigate alone if you have uncovered some other...markets for the the wares we desire." Sam ran a quick scan again through the map and database he has pieced together for Cloud City, but calculated a low probability of the type of establishment he was looking for being officially recorded.
Quote from: BrianM on Mar 25, 2010, 01:44 PM
Brim turned to Caden as they made their way into the city, "Well, there's bound to be someone who will overlook inconsistencies in a ship's registration application for a few extra credits. I have sufficient cash to hopefully get what we need."
"If it's as simple as bribing someone, we'll be lucky. Let's hope."
Caden paused for a moment as they walked.
"Of course, we have to find the right person to bribe first. I doubt that'd be at the official reg bureau, but maybe we can get in touch with someone who works there that wouldn't mind processing our...
application through the back door."
Kara woke up and checked to make sure the credits were still stashed in her bunk. She breathed out and then decided to take 3,000 credits with her, and left the rest of the amount hidden under her bunk. She got dressed quickly and ran to the refresher, and splashed cold water on her face. It had been a while since she had taken a hit, and she was running low on her supply. She came out of the bathroom almost in a job, grabbed a piece of fruit, and went to join Sam and Brit, but as she did so she stopped next to Caden.
"Captain, we need to speak when I get back." she whispered into his ear, and then ran down the ramp to catch up with Sam and Brit, just as Sam was saying something about autonomous droids. Kara looked at the two of them, and thought for a moment.
"I might have a potential contact, I'm going to try and track them down. I'm wondering if you can transmit your coordinates to my comlink if you find anything, and then we can join up." Kara was looking around trying to find a way to take off.
OOC:
If she can, Kara will take off and go meet the contact she made yesterday, to see if she can buy some deathsticks.
:ooc: Sorry, I'm going to be out of town for the rest of the week. Just got a chance to be online today.
Brim was quiet for a few moments as he and Caden walked together.
"I just had another thought, Caden. Sometimes, on the hunt when you are trying to conceal yourself, the best place to hide is in the open because your adversary is least likely to look there. I think that someone on the run would try to sell their vessel and obtain a different one.
If we had an alternate identity for you, you could sell your ship to yourself in the guise of this new captain. We could register the sale legitimately. That way, if the Imperials locate the ship they will see that it has been sold and will assume that we are travelling using different means now.
I think this would be very simple. We just present the ships papers for a routine change of ownership."
"That's an idea," Caden admitted. People traveled under aliases in the Outer Rim all the time. But...
"Still," he said," there are a lot of freighters that look like the Aegis. Thousands. A new name, registration and paint job and we'd just be a face in the crowd. We'd never merit a second glance."
"It's a good option, though - and maybe an easier one. Let's consider it if we can't pull this off."
"Nice, Brim," Britton replied, smirking. He was glad there were people in the group who could do the thinking; all he could do was fight.
:ooc: Hey guys, not sure how much of the minutia that you want me to RP out. I am thinking the new paper's for the Aegis and for Caden might just be easier to do via a couple rolls and a bit of narrative... same with the jamming suite to be installed. Still, there are a few things that we need to roleplay out on Cloud City, so I am going to move our story along to those parts.
If this is not what you want to do - meaning, if you like rp'ing out the day-to-day stuff, let me know and I will go back to our current pace.
Another day on Cloud City passed.
Brim and Caden maneuvered through the streets and taverns that surrounded many of the upper landing platforms. Caden was savvy, but Brim seemed to have a nose for where they needed to go. Their initial stops had been in local bars that were frequented by the multitude of rogues, captains, and pirates that found the Bespin system an out of the way place to hide for a while. The three companions asked the questions necessary to those that looked like the right people, and sometimes a palm needed crossed with a few credits, but slowly their task began to payoff.
By day's end, when the city's night life were beginning to make their way out, Brim found himself and his friends in front of ship's captain who had a good contact with the local BoSS registry office. The bureaucrat was one who liked a drink or two, especially of the finer wines and liquors. He was also one to enjoy fine food, women, and other baubles that someone might put in front of him. The captain said that the man would willingly re-dress a ship... for the right price.
A shrug was all Caden received when he asked what the right price might be, "It all depends on his mood at the time. Still... it is worth looking into if you need to disappear, or want to become less visible to this new Empire." The ship captain took a beverage napkin from a stack that lay in front of him and he scrawled out a name of a bar and a man. Brim looked at it and remembered it from the listing on the city directories. "Tomorrow he'll be there," grinned the captain. "Call him by that name and he'll know why you are there."
Caden looked at the name and grimaced - Trader.
Kara, Sam and Britton had had an easier time of things. Kara had led her companions back to the Trandoshan parts dealer she had met the day before, who was able to obtain for them a re-manufactured jammer suite. The dealer saw to it that the jammer would be delivered to their landing pad, and then went on to try and sell his installation services. To this, Sam quickly declined, but left the rest of the haggling to his friends. The droid stood quietly waiting when suddenly a burst signal came through to him - the one that he had given to his hired snooper droid.
Kaida enjoyed the quiet security of the Aegis, as the day passed. Still, boredom began to set in.
The computer monitor displayed no answers from her family, and though she tried to fill her time with other things, her eyes kept coming back to the empty screen. It was beginning to seem hopeless.
The quiet of the ship was interrupted as a series of voices began to clammer outside. The noblewoman walked down to the Aegis' first deck and then down the landing ramp to the outside sun. Around the ship, a crew of labor droids were moving about - some set down large drums and then tapped them with long hoses that ran to three of their fellows. These fellow droids were in the process of locking large-nozzle sprayer like devices to their arm appendages.
A mechanical voice spoke, "Madam. You may wish to re-enter the ship or leave the pad for at least the next 120 minutes. The size of the ship should require that amount of time to apply its new coat of paint." Kaida noticed two other sprayer equipped droids begin to mount the Aegis' upper hull and then to spray it with a crimson-colored paint. The mechanical accuracy was impressive as the droids painted intricately, not needing to cover areas that would not get painted.
With a shrug, Kaida re-entered the Aegis and then pushed the button that lifted the landing ramp. The fumes of the paint became heavy on the air, and were none to safe for breathing. After all, the stuff could handle an environmental re-entry. Who knew what it could do to a persons lungs?
:ooc: The post that follows will list the rolls needed with DC's. Also will be listed the total cost of the services and parts purchased.
:ooc: Okay here is what I need from the PC's:
Brim and Caden (whoever has the better talent) need to give me a Persuade test DC 25 (indifferent) to get the bureacrat to get new documents for Caden and the Aegis. The cost will be 12,000 credits for the documents plus an additional 2,000 for each +5 bonus to the Persuade roll the characters want to buy. Costs are based on standard 1,200 x 10.
The jammer suite will cost 17,500 credits (25,000 base minus 7,500 for being a re-man).
Ship's paint job will cost 3,500 credits
Some of these things can be bought with trade of service or goods, or loans can be taken (which will require me doing some interest calculations).
Finally, we are going on day four which means dock fees are up to 100, but could be more if you want stores re-supplied.
Sam had waited until the final details were done with the Trandoshan, and then he excused himself from Kara and Britton, leaving them to find their own way back to the ship. He followed the electronic trail of the squelch until he found the battered snooper droid waiting for him in a maintenance sub-corridor.
The CZ-series dorid saw Sam and immediately moved a few steps towards him, speaking as it did. "I'm looking for info on Varta the Hutt - activities, associates, areas of operation. Especially anything related to Bakura. Who runs his operations there? And there can be no trace on this. Keep to datanets as much as you can. Other droids, ship computers, docking logs - whatever you can pull without asking too many questions of sentients. Wipe your feet as you go. I'd rather see careful than fast. Here is a burst frequency you can reach me on when you have found something. I'll find you. No transmissions."
Sam realized his fellow droid was repeating its orders that had been given by him the day before. It then continued to speak, re-counting the information that it was able to find. "I have reviewed all relevant data that I could find on Varta the Hutt. The last known location of Varta's kajidic is on the world of Teth, and its activities extend into all criminal lines including drugs... primarily deathsticks. Word is that Varta ran into complications with stick dealings when the Hutt crossed over Bando Gora areas of operation. Unknown reasons point Varta to Bakura. Associates that are known are few and some just rumors: Puk a Rodian gangster drug-dealer; a small group of discharged clones have taken employ; and rumor is out there of a renegade force-user... some say it is a fallen jedi. Concentrated communications and rumors lean Varta towards establishing illegal trade out of Bakura - two senatorial deaths in current headlines, though only one seems to be drug-related. Both are being investigated by the Empire."
The snooper droid fell silent.
Kara thought for a while, she had allocated 3,000 of her credits for the deathsticks, and figured another 2000 credits she would keep. She pulled out the 20,000 credits in hard cash and put them into her pocket. Walking to the Captain's area of the ship, she knocked on the door.
"Caden, we need to talk." she said as she knocked on the door.
Once Caden opened the door, Kara pulled out the 20,000 credits and showed it to the Caden. "I'd like to cut a deal. I buy my bunk on this ship with these credits, I continue to work on maintaining the ship and as an extra gun to go along on all the jobs. I'm giving these credits to help make these payments you need for the upgrades to the ship, as an attempt to show you my faith and willingness to stick with you and your crew."
Caden looked at Kara with surprise and a bit of suspicion. It was a lot of money, and despite her odd disappearances, she was good to have around. Caden wanted to accept the offer. Badly.
"You're a good fit here, Kara, and I appreciate the offer. I have one condition: You have to level with me," he said gently. "Where did you get this kind of cash? Why are you so hard to keep track of? Look, we're not shining beacons of morality here; I get that. But I have my limits. You've got to play straight with me... starting now."
He spoke as gently as he could. He genuinely liked her, and he knew that they all needed her. He was a discreet man, and he wasn't one to throw stones. But this was still his ship - all he had in the galaxy - and he needed to know that the people on board her were ones he could count on.
He waited for Kara to respond, hoping that she'd finally open up to him.
Kara looked around shiftily, she had been on the run for years, moving from one job to the next, and usually there was no questions about what she did, just a notice that it was time for her to move on. She tried to compose herself.
"The money... the money... okay its true, I'm not the most upstanding of characters. The money came from me selling spice, I disappeared yesterday because I was looking to sell what I had and get some deathsticks at the same time. I know what I did isn't correct, but it's how I've been getting by. I may be good with mechanics, but I also have problems with drinking, gambling... and spice." Kara looked down at the floor, she was pretty sure this was going to be the end of her ride with this crew.
Quote from: tomcat on Apr 09, 2010, 07:40 PM
The snooper droid fell silent.
Sam processed for a moment - 'Some names, some rumours. A few suspicions confirmed. But little else to bother having this droid dig further.'
"Thank you for your service 22. Please return to your master and let him know I have seen the results of a day's service and don't require anything further. He may proceed with the prepaid service. Oh, and 22..." Sam pulled out his Confederate credit chip and removed all access protections from it before placing it in the droid's hand,
"Give this to him and tell him it is with my compliments for the quality of service he provided." ...Yep. He never did like those IG series droids.
Sam returned to the ship and updated only Caden on the findings of the droid. They were all in this together, but it was likely Caden's neck that would be the first to be stretched.
Quote from: tomcat on Apr 09, 2010, 06:57 PM
:ooc: Okay here is what I need from the PC's:
Brim and Caden (whoever has the better talent) need to give me a Persuade test DC 25 (indifferent) to get the bureacrat to get new documents for Caden and the Aegis. The cost will be 12,000 credits for the documents plus an additional 2,000 for each +5 bonus to the Persuade roll the characters want to buy. Costs are based on standard 1,200 x 10.
:ooc: Caden is definitely the better choice for this roll (+10 vs. Brim's +2). Brim will contribute the amount for the bribe to the cause from his personal funds.
Persuade Test (DC 25): Roll(1d20)+10:6,+10 Total:16
:ooc: Crud - that roll cost us an extra 4,000. Sorry about that.
:ooc: No biggie, except Brim can't afford the extra ;). He'll chip in the 12,000 for the base cost.
After completing the transaction to obtain the new documentation for the Aegis, Brim sighed when he saw what was left of his dwindling 'emergency' fund. Oh well, it seemed he had a more permanent place to live for now, though. What else would he need the cash for?
The Rodian turned to Caden with an amused look on his face. "So Caden, does this now mean I have purchased a place among your crew? I think First Officer Brim has a nice ring to it."
:ooc: Poor Caden! He gives a guy a ride to Bakura at the behest of an old friend, and the next thing you know he is having to sell interests in his ship! ;)
Oh well, it seems a good partnership!
Remember though, Star Wars PC's have Force Points to use on tests - like CODA Courage points. Spending one of those might save you guys $2K
:ooc: 12,000 for first officer? the 20,000 I'm offering should make me Admiral! (-D
Quote from: watanabe on Apr 15, 2010, 05:56 PM
:ooc: 12,000 for first officer? the 20,000 I'm offering should make me Admiral! (-D
:ooc: I think that means Kaida's 700 $OO buys her the job of permanent toilet bowl cleaner. ;) Anyway, too bad she didn't follow along, she can be quite persuasive sometimes, but she was too new to the group and didn't know what was going on. So, until something of note happens, Kaida will generally try to help out with anything needed, but she does feel a little out of place. She is trained in treating injuries however and so will take stock of medical kits on board and suggests that there should be an on-board stash of at least two per crew member. Med kits can be a real life saver in between encounters. It goes without saying that she'll check the nets daily if possible for news in general and more importantly for news of her family.
Quote from: BrianM on Apr 15, 2010, 09:22 AM
:ooc: No biggie, except Brim can't afford the extra ;). He'll chip in the 12,000 for the base cost.
After completing the transaction to obtain the new documentation for the Aegis, Brim sighed when he saw what was left of his dwindling 'emergency' fund. Oh well, it seemed he had a more permanent place to live for now, though. What else would he need the cash for?
The Rodian turned to Caden with an amused look on his face. "So Caden, does this now mean I have purchased a place among your crew? I think First Officer Brim has a nice ring to it."
Caden rolled his eyes and held the likable Rodian at arms' length.
"Now hold on a minute... without
my ship, you'd either be on some backwater rock or in more than a few pieces at the hands of that lightsaber-wielding... guy," he said with a chuckle.
"We'll... uh...
talk about it," he said as they kept walking. "If we live long enough."
:ooc: Okay, if I could get confirmations from everyone before I make the changes on character sheets -
Sam - did you remove the credit chip and its value from your character sheet already? What was the value of the chip so I know? The total cost for the snooper droid's service is 1,800 - from your last post, am I right to assume you are telling the IG to stick it? ;)
Kara - did you add the credits to your PC sheet? If so, did you deduct them when you gave the credits to Caden? The credit offer was 20,000.
Caden - did you accept Kara's offer? Did you add the credits to your sheet and then take away anything for the purchases? Total credits needed for the costs follow:
The jammer suite will cost 17,500 credits
Ship's paint job will cost 3,500 credits
New ship documents will cost 16,000 credits
TOTAL = 37,000 credits and you guys will be ALL new! ;)
Here is what I show as available assets with all PC's:
Kaida- 245 credits (after giving Caden 500)
Kara- 5,130 credits (after giving Caden 20,000)
Caden- 31,675 credits (includes the funds above)
Brim- 13,875 (he has offered to contribute 12,000 towards the cost of the ship expenses)
Sam- 650 credits (assuming credit stick was given to snooper droid and not included here)
Britton- 3,865 credits
The PC's definitely have the needed credits to achieve the new anonymity - and I am assuming so In the narrative below. Let me know if something is not right...
The Aegis looked, if not new, at least like a different ship to Caden. Her once yellow-orange color was now a mixture of the original with patterns of red, as if to make her look camoflaged. She might match the type of vessel that had been airing on the news across the holonet (more like a wanted poster posted by the Empire), but she certainly no longer resembled that ship. Caden also had the new papers for himself and his ship, and although they would not match the licensure to the IFF transmission code given off by his hyperdrive, still they would be able to disappear in most backwater ports throughout the galaxy.
Sam had finished with the jammer suite and the device was functioning properly and speaking with the Aegis' computer core. So all was in order for the companions to take back to the stars when they decided on the course. The cargo area of the Aegis had been reduced by the new hardware addition, but still there was an opportunity for them to make money. Caden had shipment itineraries for multiple routes and cargoes, but that choice needed to be made as well.
The Bestinian sat on the flight deck enjoying a morning cup of caf as he watched the sun rise over Cloud City. Down the ship's main passage, he heard his shipmates beginning to awaken. It was time to make their next move.
:ooc: I don't know if Caden took my credits yet, and I never marked down getting my full 25,000. I'll make sure to make note of that.
Britton stumbled out of his bunk, his hair tousled and his eyes bleary. He stumbled up the corridor to the 'fresher and cleaned up. Once he was properly cleaned and dressed he headed up to the cockpit but stopped at the medbay where he saw Kaida scurrying about checking the medical equipment.
:ooc: As per your earlier post, Jingo. I hope I'm not treading on your toes here.
"Everything looking on the up and up?" Britton asked, leaning against the doorway.
Quote from: watanabe on Apr 24, 2010, 06:45 PM
:ooc: I don't know if Caden took my credits yet, and I never marked down getting my full 25,000. I'll make sure to make note of that.
:ooc: We did kind of lose track of that... Anyway, they did discuss things, she (more or less) leveled with him, and for the sake of moving forward, let's just say we agreed to take the credits and move along as a team like we have been.
From an RP standpoint, Caden's reluctant to give up his baby, but selling "shares" of it makes sense to him - they all need each other's money, equipment and skills, and they're all in the same boat; fugitives on the run that need to stick together to survive. I figure there's kind of an unspoken agreement that they'll work something out if they make it through all this. If it's better that we RP this more, that's fine with me - but if it's better that we just jump the story forward and pivot when we reach that point, that works for me, too.
"Well, we'd better pick up some cargo and make a run or two," Caden suggested. "Hardly matters what or where. We need the creds, plus we need to look the parts of traders - and we need to test out all this new equipment before we, well,
need to, y'know?"
Quote from: tomcat on Apr 24, 2010, 11:16 AM
Sam - did you remove the credit chip and its value from your character sheet already? What was the value of the chip so I know? The total cost for the snooper droid's service is 1,800 - from your last post, am I right to assume you are telling the IG to stick it? ;)
Sam- 650 credits (assuming credit stick was given to snooper droid and not included here)
:ooc: I deducted the 1,500 for the memory wipe, leaving 650 (now reduced to 0), For the day's info I gave the CZ droid the 'worthless' Confed credits to return to the IG droid...maybe we'd better get outta here!
Quote from: ZehnWaters on Apr 25, 2010, 08:50 AM
Britton stumbled out of his bunk, his hair tousled and his eyes bleary. He stumbled up the corridor to the 'fresher and cleaned up. Once he was properly cleaned and dressed he headed up to the cockpit but stopped at the medbay where he saw Kaida scurrying about checking the medical equipment.
:ooc: As per your earlier post, Jingo. I hope I'm not treading on your toes here.
"Everything looking on the up and up?" Britton asked, leaning against the doorway.
"Oh hi," Kaida smiled up at him and brushed a strand of hair from her face. Crouched down next to some crates, a datapad in hand, she had been making calculations, and didn't notice him at first. "I... think so. I'm just trying to get a handle on needed medical supplies. But I think we might be short."
She frowned down at the datapad one last time and then stood, putting a fist to the small of her back and stretched. "It's probably best to have at least two kits per person. If I had the funds myself, I'd take care of it, but I'm afraid I used up most of my remaining creds buying passage. Maybe you'd like to help, though?"
:ooc: I'm assuming we don't have any "party stash" of med kits. If I'm wrong let me know.
:ooc: Okay glad my credits were received, now the question is whether you are all okay with my spice addiction.
Quote from: Jingo on Apr 27, 2010, 09:27 PM
"Oh hi," Kaida smiled up at him and brushed a strand of hair from her face. Crouched down next to some crates, a datapad in hand, she had been making calculations, and didn't notice him at first. "I... think so. I'm just trying to get a handle on needed medical supplies. But I think we might be short."
She frowned down at the datapad one last time and then stood, putting a fist to the small of her back and stretched. "It's probably best to have at least two kits per person. If I had the funds myself, I'd take care of it, but I'm afraid I used up most of my remaining creds buying passage. Maybe you'd like to help, though?"
:ooc: I'm assuming we don't have any "party stash" of med kits. If I'm wrong let me know.
"Sure," Britton replied. Coming into the room and standing next to Kaida, he looked down at the equipment. "What all do we need? Just med kits?"
Quote from: watanabe on Apr 29, 2010, 12:03 PM
:ooc: Okay glad my credits were received, now the question is whether you are all okay with my spice addiction.
:ooc: Not really, but who else is gonna help me fly the ship? ;)
If Kara
wants to quit, I think that's something that would be interesting to RP over time; kind of a family-type situation there.
:ooc:
Kara is fine continuing the addiction, it even gives her some short term bonuses when need be (and some really bad side effects when the drugs wears out). ;D
Quote from: ZehnWaters on Apr 30, 2010, 12:07 PM
"Sure," Britton replied. Coming into the room and standing next to Kaida, he looked down at the equipment. "What all do we need? Just med kits?"
:ooc: By med kits, I meant "med packs" in the book, the ones in the book that cost 100 creds and are used for first aid. So two per crew member on those.
Kaida shrugged and tapped the datapad. "Depends on how many creds you're willing to donate I suppose. Two med packs per crew member ought to do us for now. But we may want to invest in some larger medical equipment as well. Maybe even an emergency surgery kit. I'm not the most skilled but If I have to I know how to use one. Of course if you're really floating in the creds, and are feeling extra philanthropic, a bacta tank would be nice..." She smiled at him, knowing bacta tanks were WAY off the price chart--they did not come cheap.
:ooc: med kit - the backpack sized one for emergency revival of dying chars etc. These are 600 creds in the book. Surgery kits - 1000 creds. I think one of each would be great. Of course the medibay may come with some of this--I don't know.
On a related supply note, we might want to make sure we have at least one space suit on the ship too in case emergency repairs are needed in a vacuum. Also 1 flight suit per crew member in case the party has to adventure in hostile atmosphere. Flight suits are 1000, space suit is 2000 creds. Again, maybe the ship is already stocked with some of these, I don't know.
Hopefully we won't need any of this, but you never know...
Quote from: Jingo on May 03, 2010, 11:20 PM
Quote from: ZehnWaters on Apr 30, 2010, 12:07 PM
"Sure," Britton replied. Coming into the room and standing next to Kaida, he looked down at the equipment. "What all do we need? Just med kits?"
:ooc: By med kits, I meant "med packs" in the book, the ones in the book that cost 100 creds and are used for first aid. So two per crew member on those.
Kaida shrugged and tapped the datapad. "Depends on how many creds you're willing to donate I suppose. Two med packs per crew member ought to do us for now. But we may want to invest in some larger medical equipment as well. Maybe even an emergency surgery kit. I'm not the most skilled but If I have to I know how to use one. Of course if you're really floating in the creds, and are feeling extra philanthropic, a bacta tank would be nice..." She smiled at him, knowing bacta tanks were WAY off the price chart--they did not come cheap.
:ooc: med kit - the backpack sized one for emergency revival of dying chars etc. These are 600 creds in the book. Surgery kits - 1000 creds. I think one of each would be great. Of course the medibay may come with some of this--I don't know.
On a related supply note, we might want to make sure we have at least one space suit on the ship too in case emergency repairs are needed in a vacuum. Also 1 flight suit per crew member in case the party has to adventure in hostile atmosphere. Flight suits are 1000, space suit is 2000 creds. Again, maybe the ship is already stocked with some of these, I don't know.
Hopefully we won't need any of this, but you never know...
:ooc: I assumed that the ship would have
some of these things as a necessity, but that's obviously up to Tomcat. Certainly, we wouldn't have enough for everyone, since when the ship started out, it hosted only Caden, the dearly-departed Kex, and Sam, who doesn't need any suits like us weak, fleshy meatbags. ;)
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Quote from: ZehnWaters on Apr 30, 2010, 12:07 PM
"Sure," Britton replied. Coming into the room and standing next to Kaida, he looked down at the equipment. "What all do we need? Just med kits?"
Kaida shrugged and tapped the datapad. "Depends on how many creds you're willing to donate I suppose. Two med packs per crew member ought to do us for now. But we may want to invest in some larger medical equipment as well. Maybe even an emergency surgery kit. I'm not the most skilled but If I have to I know how to use one. Of course if you're really floating in the creds, and are feeling extra philanthropic, a bacta tank would be nice..." She smiled at him, knowing bacta tanks were WAY off the price chart--they did not come cheap.
"Well I suppose a lot of the med packs might be going to the fighters like me," Britton conceded. "I better front a lot of the money for it."
Kaida and Britton continued to chat and sort through the ship's supplies, while the rest of the crew milled about doing their own thing and anticipating another quiet day in Cloud City. Unfortunately, their expectations were short lived. Outside the Aegis, a thunderous boom was suddenly heard causing Caden to sit up quickly from his chair and spilling his hot cup of caf all over himself. The reaction was the same throughout the ship and the landing bay as people cowered at the terrible sound. Only Sam seemed unaffected, although the droid's sensors did register the noise.
The crew went to the first deck of the Aegis and then down the landing ramp, out to the platform. Each looked up to see a massive Imperial Vindicator-class destroyer orbiting just above the city. It had to have entered the atmosphere at tremendous speed to create such a sonic boom. Caden looked around and could easily see the effects of the shockwave, as broken lights flickered and sparked across the skyline. Movement above caught everyone's eyes and they looked up to see fighter and landing craft emerging from the destroyer and beginning either to commence landing or taking up patrol positions around Cloud City.
"That can't be for us," Caden thought. "I know we're wanted, but we're not that important."
He flipped on the ship's com system. "I don't know what it's about, but we've got company and lots of it. We've gotta go - cargo or no cargo."
Caden wondered if they were better off waiting a beat or two - leaving in a hurry would draw attention that they didn't want, and even if the Imperials wanted to search every ship in the city, it'd still take days. They needed to decide a course of action, and quickly.
"Everybody up to the cockpit - we need to figure something out."
Britton quickly made sure Kaida was alright after the sonic-boom, then joined the others outside and subsequently in the cockpit.
Kara looked out the viewpane and shook her head.
"Imps, we need to get moving now, you can never trust these bastards."
Kaida's head jerked up from her datapad when she heard the resounding boom, her eyes fastened on Briton's. "What was that?" Running outside with the others, she saw the destroyer and the approaching imperials. Her face went white and instinctively her hand went to one of her blaster, but realizing the futility of the gesture, she shook her head angrily and moved quickly to the cockpit with the others.
The gathered crew of the Aegis watched as a multiple squadrons of fighter craft began to make lazy figure eight patterns above the city, blocking any potential launch of a starship. With the fighters in place, a larger landing vessel broke away from the rest and proceeded to fly down to the governmental district of Cloud City, along with a four tie-fighter escort. Each wondered at Caden's remarks - was the Empire here for them? Could their location could have possibly been identified so quickly?
It did not seem likely, but whatever the reason, departure from Bespin would no longer be easy. To Britton it seemed more of a tactic of shock and awe. The soldier realized that the expansionest Empire was making strides to bring the entire galaxy under its boot, and this could be nothing more than their attempt to terrorize the inhabitants and government officials. Looking up at the massive star destroyer, Britton knew that they would surely be successful.
The sky suddenly bloomed with puffs of black and red, as a couple of pilots, flying the twin-pod cars of Cloud City, got overzealous and attacked the Imperial fighter craft. The results were striking as first a tie-fighter bloomed into an explosion, and then the pod cars were overwhelmed and blown from the sky. The resounding booms were terrible to hear, and it was awful to watch as the falling debris crashed onto the city below.
Everyone continued to gaze in awe, but Sam's receptors suddenly caught movement close to them, at the entrance to their landing pad. The droid focused his attention there and saw as the dockmaster pointed at the Aegis and then ran away. Left standing there, ignoring the chaos that was going on above, stood the IG-35 droid, its cold red eyes staring towards the ship. Behind it stood a number of droids and hired ruffians.
It looked like the crew faced more problems than just Imps.
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... stood the IG-35 droid ...
:ooc: Gotta pic for the IG-35? Are we familiar with it? I didn't see a description anywhere on the internet.
:ooc: I'm assuming it is similar in style to IG-88.
IC:
Kara shook her head.
"Typical Imperials, get blown out of the sky by a Cloud Car, and then swarm around with numbers to kill the target. Never know what a fair fight is."
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:ooc: I'm assuming it is similar in style to IG-88.
:ooc: It is. ;)
"Terrific," sighed Caden as he looked out the cockpit window at the droid and the scruffy-looking fellows behind it. "Who are these jokers?"
Although he didn't want to, Caden realized that he was going to have to meet these folks face to face.
"Somebody get on the turret and cover me," he suggested. "Anyone know what this might be about... anyone wanna come with me to find out?"
Kara checked her concealed holster to make sure that her blaster was in place, she pulled it out quickly powered it up and checked the power pack. She slid it back into the holster and nodded at Caden.
"I'll back you up, but we probably should take another person or two."
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"Somebody get on the turret and cover me," he suggested. "Anyone know what this might be about... anyone wanna come with me to find out?"
"He's a droid I dealt with looking for info on Varta. Can't understand what his problem is...we settled up. Maybe he wants to hire you?"Sam walked beside Caden and attached his blaster pistol to his hip holster mount. He tossed the tail of his coat behind it to leave it clearly visible and scanned for available cover as they descended to the docking platform.
"I'll cover you on the turret," Britton responded. Before he left he turned to Kaida. "You gonna be alright?"
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"He's a droid I dealt with looking for info on Varta. Can't understand what his problem is...we settled up. Maybe he wants to hire you?"
"It looks like he's
already hired some help," Caden said gruffly.
Kaida watched in horror from the cockpit at the descending imperials, and she saw all over again in her mind's eye her home planet attacked--thousands killed just because her planet had stood against the Empire. She stood rigid for a moment then she shook herself and spoke in a low fierce whisper to Caden.
"Captain, Any chance we can escape before the imps arrive? I really don't want to--" Then she broke off as she too noticed the newcomers out of the cockpit window.
More trouble. As if the imperials weren't bad enough. But maybe there was a way to defuse the situation. To stop it from coming to blows.
"I'll come with you," she said grimly to Caden.
Diplomacy, she had learned, was always best when backed up with more than empty words. With that thought in mind, she too checked her heavy blaster pistol and followed Caden.
At Britton's query, she nodded. "I'll be fine." She wished her insides would believe it. The Empire's sudden arrival had shocked her and the rough-looking lot approaching their ship didn't help the lurching feeling that fluttered in her stomach. But she steeled herself for the encounter, and gave a warm smile. "Thanks," she added, and then moved past him.
Imperial Task Force ... ruffians with bad intentions ... things just aren't going our way today ...
Brim jogged down the corridor from the bridge to his quarters. He thought about the hold out blaster Dan had given him, but decided more firepower might be required and strapped on Dan's standard blaster, which the Rodian had kept since the fateful day his friend was lost and all of their lives were turned upside down.
While the others descended, Brim remained within the ship near the exit. In his experience, the presence of a Rodian often led to difficulties when it came to negotiations.
:ooc: ALRIGHT LETS DO THIS! ;D