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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ambrus" data-source="post: 3211417" data-attributes="member: 17691">Derek walks up to the freighter to lay a hand on its hull while peering underneath at the entry ramp and landing gear. "Hmm. A little bit more than a hundred thousand kilometers I'd say." The human replica droid begins to walk a circuitous route around the ship while keeping an outstretched hand on the hull, stopping occasionally to inspect various body panels, markings and the inside of maintenance hatches; searching for any signs of damage or disrepair. At the rear of the freighter Derek pauses to closely inspect the thruster array and ion drive. "Not the latest, but still serviceable for an older model like this. Mind if I take a look top-side?" Without really waiting for a response, Derek grips the projecting thruster exhaust ports and uses them to pull himself up onto the top of the ship.Walking along the beam of the ship, Derek continues his inspection of the vessel's outer hull before climbing back down to join the eager rodian. "Not too bad. Why don't we take a look inside; maybe fire up the engines and computer core to see in what shape they are." The droid waits for the venerable organic to lead the way inside. Once there Derek continues his inspection, moving from section to section, verifying each of the freighter's systems in turn while familiarizing himself with the internal layout of the ship.Although the human replica droid's advanced sensors paired with his extensive technological database and personal flight experience allowed him to evaluate the condition of the vessel, the true test was yet to come. When the pair finally arrives at the cockpit Derek seats himself and quickly begins taping buttons on the various control panels around him. Making good use of his considerable computer skills, the droid deftly leads the freighter's onboard systems through a thorough series of diagnostic routines; testing and calibrating each one in turn to gain a better idea of the ship's operational past and current condition. "Ion drive at 83% of benchmark standards. Hyperdrive online. Hm... fuel efficiency at... 76.4%? Navigational computer processor efficiency at 92.6%..." With his hands flying across the controls, Derek confirms each readout with a follow-up diagnostic routine.[sblock=OOC]Derek's currently got good spot and search scores as well as some Knowledge (technology), astrogation and piloting skills. Add to that his illicit barter ability, sense motive and diplomacy scores and I would hope he'd be able to come up with a decent idea of what he's looking at. He's not necessarily looking for the perfect ship at the moment, but he'd certainly like something serviceable with which to replace the Ari's Sorrow along with its cargo pod. Can you give me an idea whether this YT-300 is in good shape and would be a reasonable trade? A little objective GM guidance would be appreciated in this case. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Assuming it is, then Derek will silently transmit his conclusion to 1X and Dofina back aboard the Sorrow and ask his Mistress whether she agrees to the arrangement or not.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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