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I feel like those idiots deserve a big old I told you so. No, I am pretty sure they ABSOLUTELY deserve that. That Bothan passenger we picked up? Double crossed us. In a major way. Let me back up a few steps.
So we're on Yanibar and have rented a land speeder to move the cargo to its buyer. We get there and the contact on that side of things isn't there yet. So we go through the usual song and dance and get directed to wait at the local watering hole.
There's a Zabrak there and he starts asking if we're the ones delivering it. Thankfully, I'm not an idiot. I tell him he's mistaken, that we're not here for it, nor do we know what it is- but, if he's willing to share what 'it' is, that perhaps we can help acquire it. Some words are exchanged and Davin jumps in. Fine by me. That guy is all smooth and cool with the words and things calm down before getting more complicated.
Not long after, this woman enters and she's got the right name and info for the job. She's got about eight folks with her- fun odds if the job goes south!!! Turns out the Zabrak WAS the buyer, but the woman, Tyris, was the coordinator on this side of the job. Well, right off the bat they figure out we've got an HK with us and things get really sketchy for a minute. I mean, we'd opened the crate to figure out that's what they were moving, so we knew this could be an issue. After some rather civil discussion, things are all good. Until...
One of the guys in her group makes a communication and mutters something about yes, it's them. This is the one. You know. The typical kind of stuff that basically means, someone just got played. On the other end of that comm? The damn Bothan we had on board! And ya know what's even better? The upgrade he put in our HK? Yup. You guessed it. 77 starts freezing up into lockdown mode. All I needed was one 'Jaiks, go!' and I was off to the podraces! I launched into the group of four and made sure they knew we weren't gonna mess around.
I mean, I wasn't joking when I said the odds with a group of 8 or more would be fun, but when the Bothan showed up on his speeder? Things got interesting. Even more interesting was the proximity alarms going off on the Zabrak. So. Melee. Big freaking melee.
After taking out the first guy with a fist, the Bothan decided to turn his attention on me. I swear Joran, I've taken more hits in the last few weeks than I would have in a span of four months back home. This blaster catches me in the shoulder and knocks me completely off my feet! How I was able to even stand back up is beyond me, but I did- and good thing too, because next to me? Davin pulls out /his/ new toy. Yeah. One of those. I don't know what you've heard about those things, but Davin isn't built like me, and he literally sliced through one of them as if he were cutting through butter. Getting up and taking a step away from /that/ was definitely in my best interest.
I won't bore you with all the details of the fight- you've seen me in action enough to know how it gose. We're all in the mix now, and our HK, somehow manages to ... resist the restraining mod that Bothan put in him? I mean barely, but... that's just weird right? To see a droid counter what is basically it's programmed action? Tyris tried to get her new HK unit in on the fight, but they blew that thing to a dead stop- so... I did what I do. I charged the Bothan. It ended like it often ends when I get to that point. Me with some bruised knuckles and the other guy with a busted head.
Oh. The Zabrak? He bailed out of the fight at the very beginning. Something I was going to take grave offense to, except that he ran to his ship and got it air born in time to shoot down the Bothan's incoming back up. Who knows what would've happened if they got in on the scuffle.
Anyway. We survived. We made some friends out of the ordeal too, sort of. Loosely. Turns out they're with [redacted], which, in a way puts us on the same side of things now. I mean, we've gotta be real careful these days. We got caught researching stuff we shouldn't. Then searching for things we shouldn't, and now we /possess/ things we shouldn't. Thin ice all around.
So, obviously, Tyris and Orshin (that's the Zabrak) saw Davin's little light show. That really got their attention, and here's the kicker. Turns out Tyris is actually from Nar Shadaa and she said she SAW one of those a few years back on level 85. There was a hiver gang that got taken out by a Twi'lek wielding a red one... I was wondering if you remember hearing anything about that. Or if you could, ya know, real discreetly like, ask around or look into it. Could just be a story. But I don't remember hearing about it.
Kinda wish you were here, ya know. You always liked a good adventure. On the same token though, I'm glad you've not gotten pulled into this. Every time something happens, I feel like I've lost hold of another rung on a ladder. I'm starting to think that at some point, there is no getting back up from the mess we're into.
Alright, Davin's finished sweeping the ship. And we've got some info on the people who are after HK. We gotta get that resolved or we're gonna wake up one day with holes in our favorite clothes.
I feel like those idiots deserve a big old I told you so. No, I am pretty sure they ABSOLUTELY deserve that. That Bothan passenger we picked up? Double crossed us. In a major way. Let me back up a few steps.
So we're on Yanibar and have rented a land speeder to move the cargo to its buyer. We get there and the contact on that side of things isn't there yet. So we go through the usual song and dance and get directed to wait at the local watering hole.
There's a Zabrak there and he starts asking if we're the ones delivering it. Thankfully, I'm not an idiot. I tell him he's mistaken, that we're not here for it, nor do we know what it is- but, if he's willing to share what 'it' is, that perhaps we can help acquire it. Some words are exchanged and Davin jumps in. Fine by me. That guy is all smooth and cool with the words and things calm down before getting more complicated.
Not long after, this woman enters and she's got the right name and info for the job. She's got about eight folks with her- fun odds if the job goes south!!! Turns out the Zabrak WAS the buyer, but the woman, Tyris, was the coordinator on this side of the job. Well, right off the bat they figure out we've got an HK with us and things get really sketchy for a minute. I mean, we'd opened the crate to figure out that's what they were moving, so we knew this could be an issue. After some rather civil discussion, things are all good. Until...
One of the guys in her group makes a communication and mutters something about yes, it's them. This is the one. You know. The typical kind of stuff that basically means, someone just got played. On the other end of that comm? The damn Bothan we had on board! And ya know what's even better? The upgrade he put in our HK? Yup. You guessed it. 77 starts freezing up into lockdown mode. All I needed was one 'Jaiks, go!' and I was off to the podraces! I launched into the group of four and made sure they knew we weren't gonna mess around.
I mean, I wasn't joking when I said the odds with a group of 8 or more would be fun, but when the Bothan showed up on his speeder? Things got interesting. Even more interesting was the proximity alarms going off on the Zabrak. So. Melee. Big freaking melee.
After taking out the first guy with a fist, the Bothan decided to turn his attention on me. I swear Joran, I've taken more hits in the last few weeks than I would have in a span of four months back home. This blaster catches me in the shoulder and knocks me completely off my feet! How I was able to even stand back up is beyond me, but I did- and good thing too, because next to me? Davin pulls out /his/ new toy. Yeah. One of those. I don't know what you've heard about those things, but Davin isn't built like me, and he literally sliced through one of them as if he were cutting through butter. Getting up and taking a step away from /that/ was definitely in my best interest.
I won't bore you with all the details of the fight- you've seen me in action enough to know how it gose. We're all in the mix now, and our HK, somehow manages to ... resist the restraining mod that Bothan put in him? I mean barely, but... that's just weird right? To see a droid counter what is basically it's programmed action? Tyris tried to get her new HK unit in on the fight, but they blew that thing to a dead stop- so... I did what I do. I charged the Bothan. It ended like it often ends when I get to that point. Me with some bruised knuckles and the other guy with a busted head.
Oh. The Zabrak? He bailed out of the fight at the very beginning. Something I was going to take grave offense to, except that he ran to his ship and got it air born in time to shoot down the Bothan's incoming back up. Who knows what would've happened if they got in on the scuffle.
Anyway. We survived. We made some friends out of the ordeal too, sort of. Loosely. Turns out they're with [redacted], which, in a way puts us on the same side of things now. I mean, we've gotta be real careful these days. We got caught researching stuff we shouldn't. Then searching for things we shouldn't, and now we /possess/ things we shouldn't. Thin ice all around.
So, obviously, Tyris and Orshin (that's the Zabrak) saw Davin's little light show. That really got their attention, and here's the kicker. Turns out Tyris is actually from Nar Shadaa and she said she SAW one of those a few years back on level 85. There was a hiver gang that got taken out by a Twi'lek wielding a red one... I was wondering if you remember hearing anything about that. Or if you could, ya know, real discreetly like, ask around or look into it. Could just be a story. But I don't remember hearing about it.
Kinda wish you were here, ya know. You always liked a good adventure. On the same token though, I'm glad you've not gotten pulled into this. Every time something happens, I feel like I've lost hold of another rung on a ladder. I'm starting to think that at some point, there is no getting back up from the mess we're into.
Alright, Davin's finished sweeping the ship. And we've got some info on the people who are after HK. We gotta get that resolved or we're gonna wake up one day with holes in our favorite clothes.