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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Angcuru" data-source="post: 2220846" data-attributes="member: 10948">Kal's father, Nikama, patted an empty spot on the bench next to himself.  He sat not far from the Sethi, as his technological expertise would be needed.  Seeing his reaction to Kia, he gave his son a quick wink and an indescernable hand signal that looked like he was tracing the sides of an hourglass.  Kal noticed that Arias gave him a similar wink, but quickly turned his attention to Nikama.Nikama responded to Kia's enquiry concerning the hyperdrive. "Actually, we scavenged what we could from our crashed transport a long time ago.  Hull plating, wiring, power sources, systems, we took them all and made them into things that were actually useful.  You see, when our ship crashed here about thirty years ago the only systems that were still functional were the engines, but our repulsorlifts and life support were completely shot.  There was no way we could repair them, so we were stranded.  The only thing we didn't scrap was the hyperdrive, since our transport was a very old model that used highly radioactive isotope fuel rods to power the initial boost to lightspeed.  The seperatists wouldn't let us have anything more advanced, the bastards.  If we broke that open, well...it would not be a good thing, to put it mildly.  I don't know if it would be compatible with your ship's sytems as they are, but between the three of us," He indicated himself, Aasan, and Kia. "we might be able to jury-rig a solution.  If not, we could try checking Jorran's ship if it's still intact, but that's a remote possibility, judging from the dent in your ship's hull."  Nikama waved towards the bearded man who sat next to Miera, and dug into his food.The bearded man cleared his throat.  "You're already acquainted with my wife Miera, so I'll introduce the rest of us.  I am Arias, these two are Adrial and Kal, our most advanced students, and this is Nikama, our resident technicai, also Kal's father."  Arias said, indicating them each in turn.  "As you probably suspect from the lightsabers, Miera and I along with Kal, Adrial, and our newest student Jorran, are practicioners of the force.  And before you ask, no, we aren't Jedi.  If we get your ship up and running, we will of course get off this planet, but we are not going to go about advertising the location of this planet to the rest of the galaxy.  Although this is a very dangerous planet, it is more important than you realize."</blockquote>

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