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<blockquote data-quote="masshysteria" data-source="post: 4830328" data-attributes="member: 16055"><p>Kaldo has a racing heritage. He grew up around pod racing and was manipulating stabilizers and steering veins soon after he could walk. When he saw the other freighters gun their engines and make a bee line planet side, the moment the shield ship passed into the shadow of the planet, instincts took over.</p><p></p><p>“Toth, are you in the engine room?”</p><p></p><p>“Yeah!” Comes the reply over the comm.</p><p></p><p>“Let’s run ‘em hot!” Kaldo shouts back.</p><p></p><p>Toth works to bypass the safeties on the engines as they reach red line and beyond, as Kaldo keeps control of the situation, “Captain, I’m going to need landing clearance.”</p><p></p><p>“I’m already on it. Port control this Vagrant Heart requesting landing clearance…”</p><p></p><p>“Rowintha, I’m passing these guys left and right. Where’s the finish line—docking bay?”</p><p></p><p>The Wookie works the sensors and gives a hoot of success. A new coordinate flashes on Kaldo’s display and he puts the Vagrant Heart into a spiraling hard bank. The grav generators struggle to keep up and Kaldo feels his stomach rise in his chest. The feeling makes him smile as he pulls into an easy lead.</p><p></p><p>“Nice work everyone. Toth, let’s cool down the engines.”</p><p></p><p>The Vagrant Heart easily takes first, coasting through the force field into the open air docking bay. Kaldo can see now why there was such a race to be first in. The docking bay is more of an open market than a space station. The first ships in get prime locations to sell their ware and unload cargo. The more looks, the more buyers, the higher the selling price.</p><p></p><p>Kaldo puts the Vagrant Heart down on a patch of dirt and rock and begins running through the shut down procedure. The docking bay force field keeps the harsh ray of the red giant in check, but keeps the market in an afternoon glow and open at all hours of the day.</p><p></p><p>Toth joins the rest of the crew in the cockpit. “I took a quick inventory while back in the engine bay. It looks like we have a number of spare and old parts we could off load here for a profit.”</p><p></p><p>“Good. You and Kaldo watch the ship and sell what you can. Keep an eye out for passengers. Rowintha and I will make arrangements for the ore.” Tam replies. </p><p></p><p>The moment the Vagrant Heart’s ramp lowers, Tam and Rowintha are assaulted by a number of junk vendors. They push carts and have poles with scrap and trinkets dangling from them, hawking their wares in a variety of dialects. They close in around the ramp making passage nearly impossible without touching them. Because, as they shout between prices and offers, “You touch it. You buy it.”</p><p></p><p>But high pressure sales and Wookies don’t mix. Rowintha roars and swings her force pike around menacingly. The ramp is now surprisingly quiet and most importantly empty.</p><p></p><p>Tam arranges to have the ore off-loaded and put into a secure storage unit. He’s a bit wary of dealing with a Hutt, but is optimistic everything will work out.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Toth and Kaldo set up their shop. A Jawa approaches the duo. Kaldo keeps an eye on him, not trusting the Jawa around a bunch of shiny metal bits. The Jawa points at the ship and launches into a string of unintelligible Jawa, when the distinct voice of a threepio unit squawks to life.</p><p> </p><p>“Excuse me, my master wishes to know if you will be leaving ‘this rock’ in the near future?” The sound comes from a voice modulator and small logic unit attached to the strap of the Jawa’s satchel.</p><p></p><p>“That’s the idea.” Responds Kaldo, “Where are you headed?”</p><p></p><p>More Jawa. More threepio voice. “My master wishes to visit a core world.”</p><p></p><p>“For the right price we can do that.”</p><p></p><p>More Jawa and more disembodied translations, “My master says he is willing to work for passage, he can fix pretty much everything. Of course, if that won’t work he has Imperial credits that—“</p><p></p><p>The threepio voice is cut off by sting of angry Jawa. It appears the Jawa is mad as this threepio ‘unit’.</p><p></p><p>“Well, master, how was I supposed to know you didn’t want to let on just how much money you have? Most of these smuggler types—no offense—prefer to deal in credits.”</p><p></p><p>Kaldo and Toth exchange a glance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="masshysteria, post: 4830328, member: 16055"] Kaldo has a racing heritage. He grew up around pod racing and was manipulating stabilizers and steering veins soon after he could walk. When he saw the other freighters gun their engines and make a bee line planet side, the moment the shield ship passed into the shadow of the planet, instincts took over. “Toth, are you in the engine room?” “Yeah!” Comes the reply over the comm. “Let’s run ‘em hot!” Kaldo shouts back. Toth works to bypass the safeties on the engines as they reach red line and beyond, as Kaldo keeps control of the situation, “Captain, I’m going to need landing clearance.” “I’m already on it. Port control this Vagrant Heart requesting landing clearance…” “Rowintha, I’m passing these guys left and right. Where’s the finish line—docking bay?” The Wookie works the sensors and gives a hoot of success. A new coordinate flashes on Kaldo’s display and he puts the Vagrant Heart into a spiraling hard bank. The grav generators struggle to keep up and Kaldo feels his stomach rise in his chest. The feeling makes him smile as he pulls into an easy lead. “Nice work everyone. Toth, let’s cool down the engines.” The Vagrant Heart easily takes first, coasting through the force field into the open air docking bay. Kaldo can see now why there was such a race to be first in. The docking bay is more of an open market than a space station. The first ships in get prime locations to sell their ware and unload cargo. The more looks, the more buyers, the higher the selling price. Kaldo puts the Vagrant Heart down on a patch of dirt and rock and begins running through the shut down procedure. The docking bay force field keeps the harsh ray of the red giant in check, but keeps the market in an afternoon glow and open at all hours of the day. Toth joins the rest of the crew in the cockpit. “I took a quick inventory while back in the engine bay. It looks like we have a number of spare and old parts we could off load here for a profit.” “Good. You and Kaldo watch the ship and sell what you can. Keep an eye out for passengers. Rowintha and I will make arrangements for the ore.” Tam replies. The moment the Vagrant Heart’s ramp lowers, Tam and Rowintha are assaulted by a number of junk vendors. They push carts and have poles with scrap and trinkets dangling from them, hawking their wares in a variety of dialects. They close in around the ramp making passage nearly impossible without touching them. Because, as they shout between prices and offers, “You touch it. You buy it.” But high pressure sales and Wookies don’t mix. Rowintha roars and swings her force pike around menacingly. The ramp is now surprisingly quiet and most importantly empty. Tam arranges to have the ore off-loaded and put into a secure storage unit. He’s a bit wary of dealing with a Hutt, but is optimistic everything will work out. Meanwhile, Toth and Kaldo set up their shop. A Jawa approaches the duo. Kaldo keeps an eye on him, not trusting the Jawa around a bunch of shiny metal bits. The Jawa points at the ship and launches into a string of unintelligible Jawa, when the distinct voice of a threepio unit squawks to life. “Excuse me, my master wishes to know if you will be leaving ‘this rock’ in the near future?” The sound comes from a voice modulator and small logic unit attached to the strap of the Jawa’s satchel. “That’s the idea.” Responds Kaldo, “Where are you headed?” More Jawa. More threepio voice. “My master wishes to visit a core world.” “For the right price we can do that.” More Jawa and more disembodied translations, “My master says he is willing to work for passage, he can fix pretty much everything. Of course, if that won’t work he has Imperial credits that—“ The threepio voice is cut off by sting of angry Jawa. It appears the Jawa is mad as this threepio ‘unit’. “Well, master, how was I supposed to know you didn’t want to let on just how much money you have? Most of these smuggler types—no offense—prefer to deal in credits.” Kaldo and Toth exchange a glance. [/QUOTE]
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