The Taris Event Chapter 2

[Bulwark]

Bulwark heads to the Sweet Delia with two large nuna carcasses in-tow. He gets several strange looks from the locals and more than one rude comment about entrails leaving a mess on the beautiful streets of Tatooine.
He strings the nunas up by heir neck from the underside of the ship. He finds a waste receptacle and places it under the nunas to collect the discarded matter. He pulls out his knife and begins to process the creatures, tossing the occasional hunk of meat onto a plastic bag near his feet. After several minutes, the nunas are gutted.

He looks down at the mess in the waste receptacle, "Hey Syric." he calls up to the ship, "I've got something for ya." Doubtful that he heard the joke, Bulwark rolls the waste receptacle back to Zeid's shop, hoping he isn't noticed.

Stealth 14 + 7 = 21

[Blackferne]

@ Cuspar
"Oh one final note, as a matter of insurance we need to keep 1,000 in escrow for the shipment, but I suppose you expected that. You will get the money back once the shipment has been received."

@Wailer
T3 beeps and chirps indicating he hasn't found anything yet, but he will keep looking.

[Cuspar]

@ Wesley

Thank you, Wesley. I will contact you with an answer this afternoon.

Cuspar heads to the Sweet Delia, muttering about Dewback poodoo the whole way.

[Dood]

Dood returns to the Delia. On his way he passes Bulwark and pauses to examine his handiwork with the Nunas.

Giving Bulwark an approving nod and a "Nice work", he heads into the ship to find Syric and So standing on the flight deck. Syric is talking to So, but it's obvious that So isn't listening as he stares intently at the computer console. Syric gives Dood an exasperated look.

"The gungan has purchased his own ship. I don't even want to consider how he got the money. Apparently he feels the need to return to Lok and poke around there, but we can discuss all of this as a group later. What's our status here?"

[Reese]

Klak turns to Dood "Could you let me know when people start arriving? As far as im concerned I will be heading wherever you are these days. It seems an ale or two follows you about."

Klak then climbs aboard the Sweet Delia to check out the new ship. As soon as he finds a suitable bunk he lies down to rest a while.

[Whiteness]

"Status? I don't know what So's checking on but he's dead to world when he's in his element. I think we just need to finish any modifications and arrange for fueling and supplies, though Mr. Migs said somehthing about nuna steaks." He says as he tries to see what So is doing.

Looking back at Dood, "We don't know how this bucket of bolts is going to handle when we get going, so we should probably plan for worst case scenarios. We can't take time to make any stop-overs if we find ourselves low on rations."

[Furiel]

While I'm out for my run in the afternoon I'm going to detour through the trade district and I want to go droid shopping. Specifically looking for a medical droid. I assume this will mean I end up at the Czerka store, but perhaps a medical supply shop or somewhere similar may have one as well.

[Blackferne]

@Eli

You run past the Czerka shop and notice an advert for droids. You walk in to find two young clerks chatting.

"Can you believe how weird that guy looked? And the smell? Ugh."

"At least he took that dumb T3 droid with him. He was a pain in the ass during nightly maintenance."

"Be with you in a second sir." Says the first one. "So you gonna get Oltorf and Koenig to come to the show tonight?"

[Dood]

Dood looks around the cramped cockpit.

"Well any modifications will take time - a day at least if we're very lucky. I know the red one is looking into shipping opportunities for us. If he finds something we may not have the time to do much."

Dood checks the current fuel and provisions status at another console.

"What's our supply status?"

[Cuspar]

Cuspar walks into the Delia.

Well, there's good news and bad news. The good news is I found us a totally legal shipping job from here direct to Bryx. The bad news is that it's a herd of 18 mature dewbacks. We'll be paid 1000 per dewback delivered in satisfactory condition, and have to leave 1000 credits in escrow for refund upon delivery.

Cuspar looks at some shocked faces.

Here's what I think. Firstly, my father is a whaladon's anus. Secondly, our casino credits are going to dry up eventually. Thirdly, we don't have to make any extra stops to deliver these things, and they will be caged in the cargo bay. We're going to be in space for between 3 and 18 days, so worst case scenario is a stinky cargo bay and some... shovelling. I think we should take the job - just for legitimacy and a cover story - the credits are a bonus.

[Gandolfini]

Wailer says in Gungan to T3
You can stop searching for cargo to Lok T3. I may not like to fly there with an empty hold but that isn't critical. Could you perform a maintenance inspection and alert me to any deficiencies you find?

[Furiel]

@Eli

You run past the Czerka shop and notice an advert for droids. You walk in to find two young clerks chatting.

"Can you believe how weird that guy looked? And the smell? Ugh."

"At least he took that dumb T3 droid with him. He was a pain in the ass during nightly maintenance."

"Be with you in a second sir." Says the first one. "So you gonna get Oltorf and Koenig to come to the show tonight?"

I adopt Eli standard pose 1 and stare at clerk one, unmoving, until I'm helped.

[Bulwark]

Bulwark walks up the ramp of the Delia and heads to the head. After cleaning himself off, he joins the rest of the crew in the ever more crowded cockpit, "Did someone say something about Dewback steaks?"

[Blackferne]

@ Dood

The display shows 5 days worth of fuel.
There are no consumable supplies.

@ Wailer

T3 Chirps and beeps and then proceeds to begin a ship inspection.

@ Eli

"Uh okay creepy customer needs attention" Clerk 2 says.

Clerk 1 "How may I help you?"

[Dood]

Dood's fur is wrinkled and his mouth sits agape for a second before he regains his composure.

"Will our cargo hold be able to accommodate so many? What about food for them? Is that being supplied or will we be supplying that? We already need to acquire rations for our trip to Bryx, though I believe Mr. Bulwark here has taken care of some of that."

Dood keeps his gaze on Cuspar, one eyebrow raised.

[Bulwark]

Bulwark glances over Dood's shoulder at the fuel readings, "We may want to get a bit more before we leave. If It could take us 18 days to get there and we only have 5 days of fuel, we may be adrift for a few millenia. Also, I'd like to have enough fuel to get somewhere if we have to make a quick departure."

[Whiteness]

"I agree with Bulwark, I want enough fuel to make it Bryx and be able to leave in a hurry."

[Dood]

Bulwark glances over Dood's shoulder at the fuel readings, "We may want to get a bit more before we leave. If It could take us 18 days to get there and we only have 5 days of fuel, we may be adrift for a few millenia. Also, I'd like to have enough fuel to get somewhere if we have to make a quick departure."

"Agreed. I'd also like to do our own inspection of the ship before we leave. We cleared BoSS, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to actually know things are good on our own."

Dood sighs as he realizes he should probably be the one to order fuel and food.

"We have a limited supply of funds, especially as we'll have to set 1,000cr aside in escrow. I'll take care of getting us fuel for 30 days as well as sufficient rations for the same so that we don't end up eating our cargo. As delicious as I'm sure dewback is, I don't think we want to spend half of our trip with Bulwark or me carving up carcasses in the cargo bay.

How long will those nunas you carved up for us last us?"

[Furiel]

@ Eli

"Uh okay creepy customer needs attention" Clerk 2 says.

Clerk 1 "How may I help you?"

Eli fixes his stare on Clerk2

Looking "creepy" as you so eloquently put it has it's uses. Such as getting peoples attention when they are being neglectful of their duties and reminding them of where their responsibilities lie at that moment. You may not care for me or the position you are currently in, but a day will come for you that you will find yourself having to care a great deal, or you will never have to care about anything ever again.

then turning to Clerk1 Eli relaxes with a small smile and tries to channel his inner So Leet in bargaining mode
Persuasion d20+1: 19+1 = 20 (apparently I can be charming in a pinch, who knew)

Yes thank you, I'm a representative of Aderbrent Services, we are a new shipping concern starting up here on planet and we are in the market for droids. Our most pressing concern currently is actually in a medical droid to help care for both crew members and also possibly live cargo. However we may also be in the market for some load lifters as well. What models do you have in stock of both types? I am interested in both new and used models.

[Whiteness]

"who knew it was going to take so many credits to find one drunk that got himself into trouble" Syric says with a sigh before pulling out a flask and taking a swig.

"Mr. CFO, how are we looking for cash reserves? Are we realistically going to be able to mount this rescue with what we have?"

[Bulwark]

How long will those nunas you carved up for us last us?"[/b]

Well, for the 7 of us, I'd estimate just shy of 5 days. Now, my gandpappy could cook up a nice batch of poodoo stew in his day, but I think I'd like to avoid that if at all possible.

[Blackferne]

@ Eli

"We have med droids fro 4300cr. We only stock new models and given their usefulness the used med droid market pretty much doesn't exists. We don't carry skiff load lifters but you can get ASP Mark 2 Labor droids for 1000cr new 800cr used."

[Furiel]

@ Eli

"We have med droids fro 4300cr. We only stock new models and given their usefulness the used med droid market pretty much doesn't exists. We don't carry skiff load lifters but you can get ASP Mark 2 Labor droids for 1000cr new 800cr used."

How many of the labor droids do you have in stock currently? And how many of each new and used?

[Dood]

"who knew it was going to take so many credits to find one drunk that got himself into trouble" Syric says with a sigh before pulling out a flask and taking a swig.

"Mr. CFO, how are we looking for cash reserves? Are we realistically going to be able to mount this rescue with what we have?"

"It depends on the fuel costs somewhat, but I think we'll be OK. Everyone has been chipping in, and I'm willing to do the same."

Dood once again dons his purple kerchief.

"Captain, would you mind doing an inspection of the ship while I attend to supplies? I'll be happy to help out once I get back. I just don't want any surprises. And if the Cerean every wakes up and declares we need anything, reach me on my link."

Dood looks to Bulwark.

"Would you care to join me?"

[Bulwark]

"Would you care to join me?"

Not a problem.