Chapter 8 - Space truckers...

Jan 22, 2023 10:51 pm
After a week relaxing at Balbet Station, the regional corporate headquarters for Balbet Mining Co., you are heading back to the asteriod base to meet with Dancy.

Once landed at the station, you make your way up to her office.

"Well, I have to say, you guys must be the luckiest scavengers I know. I knew we had long odds on getting weapons or such, but I never expected to get this amount of construction materials. That ship was full of durasteel plates and beams. Not to mention two full containers of tools, you could outfit a construction battalion with that ship and they'd be able to build almost anything. " Dancy pauses for a second and smiles. "To be honest, I really expected you to grab the first thing you saw and I'd be giving you 10,000 credits to spilt. Instead, I'm giving you 10,000 credits each and seeing if you'll take another 1000 each to deliver the ship for me? All that stuff is so normal and unmarked, we can run it through normal shipping locations without drawing a raised eyebrow."
Jan 25, 2023 5:52 am
Like a teachers pet, AD-hoc is the first to speak up. Apologies for answering your question, with questions, but where would we be delivering? Also, would new jobs be available there? Last are we delivering the goods, or the goods and the . . . liberated ship?
Jan 25, 2023 11:00 pm
Ken is strutting, preening even, he has a pair of slightly odd leather-style gloves that look a bit comical on his Rodian hands with their sucker fingers, and he's ostentatiously displaying a new, heavily modified blaster on his hip - it's inlaid with silvery metal filigree that is frankly a bit vulgar. Still, he seems very pleased with himself.

'Always happy to work with you Dancy,' he says with an overly confident smile. 'Just show us the destination and we'll get the goods there.' He flips out his blaster, spins it, and points it off to the side, mouthing 'Pow.'
Jan 26, 2023 11:11 pm
A heavily armed and armored figure enters the room. An amalgamation of various trooper armor parts fit together to make one whole suit of black and white armor. Or rather, they would except that this armor has been painted with a green camouflage, the helmet grinning with a Nexu's maw. The peak of a jetpack can just be seen behind it.

Laying his newly modified rifle over his shoulder, Nox removes his helmet with the other hand revealing a familiar grin of his own.

"Ah, were we going for normal and unmarked? I must have missed that memo. Nox shrugs his shoulders. I'm confident that we can deliver the goods though, no problem."
Jan 27, 2023 12:14 am
After seeing all the upgraded gear his team has, AD-hoc is starting to feel under-equipped. All his gear was internal. He made a note to get something more flashy next time they shopped for gear.
Jan 27, 2023 3:56 am
OOC:
@AD-hoc, you know, it's what's inside that counts...
Dancy smiles at the Bravado in the room, "Unfortunately AD-hoc, that amount of goods would be hard to move without the ship. I've made a deal with the buyer, there's a fair chance we'll get the ship back once he's done. In the immediate future, Pergano can follow you to Celanon in the Gheist, once you make the delivery, your free to move about the galaxy. Just don't forget, my deal with Isotech for this base was to cut you in, as part of the fee for securing the place. So fuel and repairs, within reason, are covered and there'll be quarterly payments for you. Not to mention, I'll probably always have somewhere that needs something 'recovered'.
Jan 29, 2023 4:16 pm
'Then I hazard that our only other question is 'When do we Leave?''
Jan 30, 2023 8:38 pm
Ken is momentarily lost for words at Nox's new getup, smoothing down the plastoid plates in his repaired and patched up clothing. He mutters something under his breath, 'Peetch lapti hataw,' shaking his head and fingering his silver blaster.
[ +- ] Huttese/Rodian
But he soon cheers up, pressing his hands together and letting little sparks play between his fingers. 'Yes, when do we leave? I think we've had enough rest. Time for some action!'
Jan 30, 2023 9:01 pm
"I've got nothing here to keep you. You can head out as soon as you want to. Here," she holds out a datachip and some cred sticks, "Caleb Noor's comm codes, reach out to him once you land on Celanon and he'll come by and take the ship from you. "
Jan 31, 2023 12:23 am
"Excellent! Let's get this baby flying. I promise that I'll try and keep things going a little more smoothly this time." Nox laughs with his last statement.

"Maybe we'll have some time to think about our next destination during our trip. Plenty of wild things to get into." Nox winks mischievously at Ken before putting his helmet back on and heading towards the delivery ship.
Feb 1, 2023 6:05 pm
AD-hoc reminds Pergano to be gentle wit the Geist, as the new computer has just been installed. Then he follows Nox to board the new ship.
Feb 2, 2023 1:11 pm
You re-board the medium freighter and after a quick check of the systems are ready to go. Ken sweeps the cargo bay and can tell the crates have been moved around a bit from Dancy's inventory. But everything looks in order and ready to go.

Nox pilots the ship up and out of the asteroid landing bay. He notices the Ghest lift just a few minutes behind them. With no one chasing you, plotting the astrogation course is almost relaxing. In no time, you have it plotted and have jumped out of the system. Celanon is 'local' but on a different trade route. It takes about 8 hours to make the jump.

Dropping out of hyperspace at Celanon you can tell this is another busy world. You can spot ships heading in from several directions. Celanon City, the capital, has over 50 million residents and the city is full of 100+ story buildings to make space for everyone. Getting permission to land is a bit lengthy, but overall routine. Before to long, you've landed in on of the thousands of Trader Bays at the spaceport.
[ +- ] Celanon City
OOC:
I know the characters have had plenty of downtime, so just let me know if there was anything that need to be done during hyperspace. Otherwise, you guys have landed.
Feb 5, 2023 8:16 am
During the trip, AD-hoc would just make sure his new ascension gear was installed properly. When landed he ask "Remind me, are we delivering the ship, or is someone coming to pick it up?"
Feb 7, 2023 11:06 pm
Ken's taken the opportunity to check out any rumours or information about Rodian clan activity in the area of Celanon. In particular, The Yiyar and Chattza clans. On the one hand he doesn't want to get caught unawares by someone who holds a grudge against him. On the other hand he's spoiling for a fight.
Feb 8, 2023 1:29 am
Sitting behind the controls to avoid anything unexpected, even in hyperspace, Nox mostly takes his time to make sure all of his gear is properly integrated is in as good of condition as it will probably ever seen again.

Once landed, Nox turns to whoever might also be on the bridge with him. "So, deliveries aren't normally my thing. Is there somewhere that we need to check in here?"
Feb 8, 2023 12:43 pm
OOC:

Esidrix says:
"I've got nothing here to keep you. You can head out as soon as you want to. Here," Dancy holds out a datachip and some cred sticks, "Caleb Noor's comm codes, reach out to him once you land on Celanon and he'll come by and take the ship from you. "
Feb 8, 2023 5:49 pm
OOC:
Ah yes, simply reading would answer my question. I will amend.
Nox thinks for a moment, his brain apparently attached to dial-up today. "Ah, that's right! We're calling Caleb for our drop-off. I'll give him a ring." Nox types in the comm code and calls from the ship.
Feb 9, 2023 12:46 pm
Nox comms Caleb and after a brief conversation, he says he'll head your way to hand off the ship. Caleb is an average looking Human, maybe 2 meters tall. He seems happy to see you and looks over the ship with an approving smile.

"What a steal this one is. It's in better shape than I was expecting." Looking the three of you over, he nods to himself. "You guys have any immediate plans or were you planning on hanging around for a bit?"
Feb 9, 2023 1:18 pm
"I have nothing pressing. I expect to find some lively places around here until these guys are ready to go. Unless they have plans that need me, that is."
Feb 9, 2023 2:46 pm
"We have no plans that cant be delayed if a reasonable business opportunityarises" AD-hoc adds
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