Location: DS-2 Mobile Battle Station (The Second Death Star), Somewhere Near the Endor System
Current Area: Docking Bay 298
Guest Characters:
-Meeseeks
"Safety inspection already? Seems a bit sudden for this place." That's me, TK-647, just your regular stormtrooper fighting for the good of the Empire.
"Seems about right, we've only been on this place for a few weeks." That's my friend, MX-842, he's a Scout Trooper, but he won't be on his next mission for about a week, ever since someone crashed their shuttle in Docking Bay 417.
Last Week
An Imperial Shuttle loses control while landing and crashes into the side of the Hangar. And an Imperial Officer in Hangar Control, sees it. "troops on the ground, put those flames out, and get a medic!" I have nothing to say about him, but he won't be seen again.
After the ground crew puts the flames out and check the wreckage, 1 trooper comes out with an unconscious Stormtrooper on his back. "you won't believe who it is, it's LS-80342, the Imperial Clutz", yeah, LS-80342 is known to be a clutz, everyone sighs and groans when he enters a room, or comes back with a damaged piece of Imperial Equipment, i'll skip the list, but he's the reason why the Death Star is having a Safety Inspection.
We go back to the docking bay, everyone soldier in the Imperial Navy and officers are lined up, "Alright everyone, you know what today is, and i expect everyone to show no slip ups, accidents and complaints when the inspector is here, if the station gets shut down by any of your accidents, expect being sent out the airlock, do i make myself clear?", the Stormtrooper Commander said as he looked at the troops.
"psst, Mike", "what is it Barry?", Barry's a few of my friends, a few of us have been friends since training. "i just realized something, what will the inspector think of the place, we're on a planet destroying super weapon", Barry says as he looks back at Mike, (yes, Mike is name, while my operating number is TK-647) and looks back at the Imperial Officer eyeing the other troopers. "Beats me, but i think the Inspector might understand, we are the Empire, and we're chill, but that's what Lord Vader said once in a failed promotional video".
-Darth Vader's "Yo dudes, the Empire is Pretty Chill".
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Barry shudders as he thinks back to that video. "don't ever mention that again, it's just as bad as it is, but Lord Vader may not take that criticism", he finishes. "so, true, anyway, i have to tell you something later".
And after a moment, a small shuttle landed in hangar, as it opened, it revealed a man in a sand colored jumpsuit, with shaggy gray hair, and holding a datapad. "so this is the Galactic Empire's number one weapon of enforcement", the inspector says as he swipes to a checklist on his datapad, "so who will give me a look around the station?", the inspector questions.
"Well, that would be Lord Vader himself, you'll find him in the hallway, he's taking care of some *certain matters*", the Imperial Officer says, the inspector looks at the officer and back at his datapad, and looks at the officer again, "understandable, take me to him".
"Certain matters? Oh, i know what he means", Mike (TK-647) says. "What are you talking about-oh, now i get it", Barry replies.
Meanwhile in the hallway of the Death Star, we see an Imperial Officer on the floor, gasping for air and looking up at a person in all black clothing, "I find your lack of progress, useless", the person in black who said through his deep voice and heavy breathing was none other than Darth Vader, Sith Lord, Enforcer of the Galaxy, and second in command to the Emperor, Vader stares are the Officer again, noticing that he is still alive, and gestures to the two Stormtroopers with him, "take this officer to the medical facility", "Yes, Lord Vader", one of the troopers respond as they support the officer by the arms and start taking him to a medical facility.
"I don't want the inspector to notice this", Vader says.
One of the Imperial Officers from the hangar goes up to Darth Vader and tells him that the safety inspector is now here. "Very well, i expect the station to meet the expectations of the inspector, the Emperor wouldn't like to hear bad news while he's on a Singles Cruise on Canto Bight", Vader says, "of course my Lord". the Officer replies, "wait the Emperor is on a Singles Cruise?" "yes, did you not receive the message a few days ago?"
The Canto Bight SIngles Cruise:
On the cruise, we see Emperor Palpatine trying to mingle with women younger than him by 30 years. "If i take you out on a nice night, i can show you the benefits being with the Emperor has to offer", Palpatine says. "Sorry, but someone like you at your age is not really my type", the woman replies as she walks away, while Palpatine sighs to himself, "why did Vader convince me that this would be fun?".
Back on the Death Star, we see Mike and Barry walking down the hallway, while Mike tells him something, "So you found more junk? Come on Mike, you're now a Squad Leader, can you at least just collect valuable junk?" "Trust me, the junk i found, it will surely impress you, it's not just old speeder parts" Mike replies, and as they were walking they see the two stormtroopers dragging the unconscious officer.
"Lord Vader?" "yup", one of the Stormtroopers reply. "Guess he was ticked off", Mike says, "big time", the second stormtrooper replies as the two continue to drag him to the medical facility.
"Hope the inspector doesn't find out about that", Barry says. "If we know our Boss, Lord Vader, the inspector might be thrown down a reactor shaft if the Death Star gets a bad review", says Mike. "Also Mike, what did you want to show me?", Barry asks.
Meanwhile with Darth Vader, he continues to give the inspector a tour around the Death Star, and so far, the inspector had no complaints, and they're about to do blaster range of the superweapon. "And as you can see here, this is where all our soldiers in the Imperial Navy come to polish up their aim with a blaster", Vader says, the inspector looks around the range checking down a few checkboxes on the datapad, he was about to give a comment to Vader, until he hears a scream of a stormtrooper and sees a trooper fall to the floor. "what happened to you?", the inspector asked the injured trooper, "i was about to hit the target, but my blaster stopped working for a second, and when i got it working again, the blast bounced off and it me in the arm", the trooper replied, the inspector looked back at Darth Vader and asked him, "Darth Vader, when your military receives weapons, do you happen to test them first before you let one of your men use it in combat?".
"No, according to our supplier, they say their weapons have zero problems", Vader answered, the inspector looked back at the injured trooper and back at Vader and told him, "he needs medical attention, and sorry Darth Vader, but so far on this inspection, i have to note this down", the inspector says as he fills in a checkbox on the datapad, in thought Vader says to himself, "i may have to throw him down a reactor shaft, if he decides to shut the place down".
Death Star Cargo Storage:
"So what did you want to show me Mike?", Barry asks, "it's here, i told Nelson to keep it hidden for me" "Nelson the Janitor? Isn't the Stormtrooper who's been serving the Empire since its beginnings?", Barry asks. "That would be me", Barry's answer was questioned by a stormtrooper with slightly dirty and scratched up armor, he wasn't wearing a helmet, so his face was seen, he had a bit of crows feet, slightly grey hair, and a bit of stubble, "hey Nelson", Mike said as he walked towards him. "Well, if isn't TK-647, the Squadron Leader...", Barry looks at Nelson for a few seconds and says nothing.
"...but my favorite junk collecting friend! Come here, you", Nelson says as he walks over to mike and puts him in a headlock, "okay, you can stop that now", Mike says as he begs Nelson to stop, and eventually he frees Mike from the headlock and asks him what he's doing here. "Well, you know why i'm here Nelson, i'm here to show Barry the recent junk i collected", Mike says as he gestures to Barry, "hi", Barry Replies.
"Oh, that junk", "come with me", Nelson continues as he guides Mike and Barry through the cargo storage. "So Mike, what exactly do you have stored here, and why do you trust Nelson with it?", Barry asks him, "You'll see it when we get there", "Alright, it's here", Nelson says as he gestures a storage complex. "Okay i gotta ask, how much stuff do we have stored down here?", Barry Questions. "It's mostly resources, parts for ships, weapons, and what Mike finds", Nelson replies.
Nelson opens the door of the storage complex revealing shelves of weird junk and medium sized crates. "Most of the junk here i got recently", Mike says. "It's true, and from looking at most of this junk, it's real strange", Nelson says as he look what looks like a record player, "And i got no idea on what this thing is", Nelson finishes.
Barry looks at the recorder player and says, "Yeah what is this thing, a very ancient data player?", Barry then looks at an open crate, "huh, what's in here?", he says as he starts going through the crate. "oh yeah, you won't believe how i got all of this recent stuff, it's crazy", Mike says as he sees Barry get something out of the crate, "Woah, look at this", Barry says as he pulls out a few weapons and a small metal box with a button.
"I've been meaning to figure out what that does", Mike says. "Oh, there's a note on this thing, 'Meeseeks Box', what kind of stupid thing is this?", Barry says as he presses the button, for a puff of blue smoke to temporarily blind all of them.
"I'm Mr. Meeseeks, look at me", a high pitch voice said, getting their attention, and a small group of Mouse Droids who quickly scurried away from the scene by going through their service hatch. "What in the world are you?", Nelson says rubbing his eyes and looking at the person who spoke. "I'm Mr. Meeseeks, look at me", the tall, skinny and round headed blue being said whose name is Mr. Meeseeks, Barry then speaks up and says something to Mike and Nelson, "Guys, there's more to this note, it says here if you summon a Meeseeks, they'll do any simple task you want", "So, is that true?", Mike says to the Meeseeks, "i sure can", the Meeseeks reply.
"Okay, Mr. Meeseeks, take this datapad and list down everything that's in Sector-E", Nelson says to the Meeseeks as he hands him the datapad, "Can do!", the Meeseeks replied as it looked at the datapad and headed towards Sector-E. "Did Mr. Meeseeks do that without questioning?", Mike questions, "According to the note, Meeseeks' accept simple tasks, and you can summon more than one", Barry says after reading the note.
"Wait, we can summon more than one?", Mike asks, "According to the note, yes", Barry replies, which gave Mike an idea, "Hey, what if we used Meeseeks to take care of our unfinished hard jobs, Barry agrees with the idea and has a smirk under his helmet, "How about you Nelson?", Barry asks. "Nah, i'm content, i just needed Sector-E checked", "Suit yourself", Barry and Mike replied, and started taking advantage of the Meeseeks Box.
So it began, Mike and Barry started summoning Meeseeks to do their hard tasks on the Death Star, from small jobs, to some odd jobs, and some of the Meeseeks nearly got caught by either the Imperial Officers, Darth Vader, or the Inspector.
Meanwhile the Inspector was inspecting the Death Star's Bank security while Vader was just waiting for him to finish, just sitting on a waiting couch while looking at an old magazine that was on the coffee table of the waiting area, "Okay, Darth Vader, i seem to find zero issues in the bank here, but one of your Officers seem to have very bad credit", the Inspector says.
"Right, Officer Arrowmark, he had a traumatic experience during early construction of the station, and he carries an unnecessary amount of equipment with him", Vader replies, "Hmm, i see, did he happen to have any recovery recently?", "Slow recovery, but he'll be okay", Vader says. The Inspector then ticks down a few boxes on the datapad and once he was done, him and Vader heard a scream of a Meeseeks going by. "Did you hear that?", the Inspector asked.
"I did not", Vader replied, as he placed the magazine down. The Inspector just shrugged out the thought of hearing something, "okay, now onto the cafeteria of the facility and a what is a Starway Sandwich Shop?", the Inspector says. L̶a̶r̶r̶y̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶S̶t̶o̶r̶m̶t̶r̶o̶o̶p̶e̶r̶ ̶b̶e̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶s̶u̶e̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶u̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶n̶a̶m̶e̶.̶
Back with Mike and Barry, they continue to summon Meeseeks to continue one of their odd jobs. "I gotta say, this Meeseeks Box has to be one of the best things that came out of your junk collecting Mike".
"Thanks Barry", Mike replied, he then notices one of the Meeseeks return, "All done!", the Meeseek replies as it disappears in blue dust. "You know it's really convenient for them to disappear like that when they've done their job". "Yeah", Barry replies, "Say, we should take a break first", "Okay, but you're paying for my Sith Roast", Mike says as grabs the Meeseeks Box and summons another Meeseeks, "Mr. Meeseeks, hold onto the box and guard it", Mike orders the Meeseek, "Okay", the Meeseek replied, and held onto the box, then Mike and Barry exited the room. "Now to stand here until they get back", the Meeseek said as he held the box.
A bit later...
Mike and Barry got back from their break to find where they told the Meeseek to wait, in complete destruction, panels were ripped from the walls, there's loose wires sparking electricity and a few patches of flames, the two of them were shocked to find where the Meeseek was waiting in ruins.
"How did it get like this in only 20 minutes", Barry said in utter shock, Mike didn't say a word but he dropped his cup of Sith Roast and it spilled onto the floor, making a Mouse Droid that's passing by hit a wall. "More importantly, where's the Meeseek that we told to hold onto the box?".
"Well, i can explain that", Mike and Barry turn around to see who said that, and it was another Stormtrooper, (that's Carrie a.k.a NH-7197, nicknamed the Sharp-Eye Shooter, and Eye in the Sky, well known in the squadron she's in) "Carrie, what do you mean?", Mike asks. "Come with me", she says as she leads them to the Surveillance Room.
"So Carrie, what are you gonna show us exactly?", Barry asks. "That box you mentioned and those skinny blue guys with the high pitched voice, they apparently started a riot", she says. "They did!?", Mike says. "Yeah, also, this is what happened in the last 20 minutes", Carrie says as she brings up security footage.
The footage shows Meeseeks going on a rampage, breaking things, attacking Imperial Officers, and one of them managed to knock out Darth Vader. "Wait, a Meeseek managed to knock out Lord Vader?", Barry asks quite surprised, "Yeah, but you should see how this Meeseek did it", Carrie says as she brings up the footage.
How Vader was Knocked Out
It was during the chaos of the Meeseeks' Destruction, some Imperial Officers were running for cover while some try to knock down some of the Meeseeks, along with Stormtroopers and a few Death Troopers, a few Meeseeks managed to grab some weapons and hit back.
And we turn to Vader, who was deflecting a few of the Meeseeks' blaster shots, and protecting Imperial Officers and the Inspector, who was knocked out due to the shock of what's currently happening, both sides ceased fire as they saw a random Meeseek yelling while holding a portrait of Padme Amidala. "Wait, where did he get that?", Vader said as he was caught off guard which gave enough time for another Meeseek to grab a folding chair and use that to knock him down to the ground, leaving a dent in his helmet, and the hit was so hard, Vader was knocked unconscious.
"And that's what happened to Vader", Carrie finishes as she pauses the footage. "And did Vader just freeze for a second when he saw a portrait of a former Naboo Senator?", Mike asks. "We can question that later, Carrie, how did the Meeseeks start a riot?", Barry asks. "Well that's easy", Carrie says as she brings up footage of LS-80342 summoning a Meeseek from the box and telling that Meeseek to help him with golf.
"That's what happened, all because of just needing help with golf", Carrie finishes. "Not to mention, ball games are illegal on this station", Barry adds. "We need to stop these Meeseeks", Mike says. "I'm with you guys, but you have to fill me in on these Meeseeks, one of them said 'Existence is pain', what's that all about?", Carrie asks.
"Yeah, long story", Mike says.
And after explaining the Meeseeks to Carrie, they got to work to take care of the Meeseeks, a few of the Meeseeks had unfinished tasks and joined the riot blindly, so Mile, Barry and Carrie helped those Meeseeks with their tasks, so that they can no longer exist. (Like the Meeseeks said, "Existence is Pain")
And after taking care of the Meeseeks they could find, all that was left was the Meeseeks who were to help LS-80342 with golf. And once the three found the remaining Meeseeks, they saw what played out.
"Come out here you clutz, we're here to finish you off!", one of the Meeseeks said holding a stormtrooper blaster and blasts down debris near a few troopers and officers almost hitting them. A Death Trooper tries to sneak attack one of the Meeseeks, only for a few of them to tackle the Death Trooper like wild animals, while another Death Trooper jumps in to stop the Meeseeks.
"Okay, this has to stop, we might as well let the Rebels wipe us out", Carrie says. "Agreed", Mike replies. "And, to make sure we don't lose anyone else", Barry adds.
"Show yourself you clutz!", the same Meeseek yelled ready to fire at a random stormtrooper or officer. "Wait! Mr. Meeseeks, we'll get LS-80342 for you", Mike says. "Hey, you must be Mike, owner of the box, well, if it means no longer existing, we're trusting you on it", the Meeseek said.
"Also, how do you know me?", Mike asks. "News travels fast during this riot and wanting to unexist", the Meeseek replied. "Huh, okay", Mike says and adds. "Guys, let's go get Lesley".
"Huh, so that's the name of the clutz", the Meeseeks says a bit surprised.
Once the Meeseek let Mike, Barry and Carrie go through, they went into the room of the Death Star where Lesley was hiding in, he was hiding inside a tall metal crate, next to two inactive Gonk Droids.
"Lesley, come out, you're coming with us", Barry says banging the side of the crate to get his attention. "Don't let those blue guys take me!", Lesley says in a panic. "Well it's your fault for not letting a Meeseek help you with a simple task!", Barry told him.
"You want them gone, don't you", Carrie jumps in saying that to Lesley. "And if you don't, then the Empire will end by you not letting your Meeseeks die", she adds as she takes out her blaster.
Lesley was wise not to mess with Carrie, if you messed with her, you're bound to have your head stuck in wall with a very old gonk droid. "Okay, i'll do it, i'll play golf!", Lesley complies as he gets out of the crate and Barry gives him a slightly bent pipe and an inactive torture droid.
"If you go through with it, then the Meeseeks will disappear, if you fail, then they'll probably kill all of us on the station", Mike says.
"Mike!", Barry yells at him.
"He make a good point though", Carrie says. Then she points her blaster at Lesley again. "Now do your follow through", she says.
"Okay, i'll do it, Lesley says as he walks out of the room and starts to do his follow through, while one of the Meeseeks stare at him menacingly holding a crowbar in his hand and tends to hit him in the head with it. Lesley breathes for a moment then hits the inactive torture droid with his pipe and hits it making it roll, bounce off a few walls, and enters one of the Death Troopers' helmets.
After a few seconds the Meeseeks started cheering about Lesley getting a hole in one and started to disappear one by one, and once they were gone, the Stormtroopers and Officers started to get up and are completely clueless on what happened to each other.
Lesley sighs in relief knowing that it was over but, it was not yet when he felt a tap on his shoulder and he turns around to see 3 more Meeseeks.
"What!? But i did my follow through!", Lesley says surprised and confused.
"Well you see we're Stickler Meeseeks, you did go through with your short game, but not your handicap stroke", one of the Meeseeks said while taking a sharp piece of metal and aims it near Carrie's neck.
"Don't you dare, and do your Handicap Stroke you clutz!", she yells at Lesley while giving him a death glare. Lesley gulps for a second and prepares to do his next game, and then he hits another inactive torture droid that flew far and landed in a trash can that was on the far side of the hallway.
After the three Meeseeks said that they were satisfied and then disappeared.
"Phew, glad that's over", Mike said relieved. "Same", Barry says as he stretches his arms.
"Well, we don't know what's happening anymore, but if we can get parts of the station repaired before Lord Vader or the inspector wakes up, we'll forget this ever happened and wipe the security footage on this whole, 'Meeseeks Riot'", one of the Imperial Officers said, with other officers and troopers nodding in agreement.
"Meeseeks Box, guys?", Mike asks Barry and Carrie who just nod in agreement.
1 or 2 Hours later
And after about an hour or two, the entire Death Star's interior, controls and functions have been completely restored thanks to Meeseeks, along with some of the Stormtroopers or Imperial Officers being nursed back to full health. Along with Darth Vader and the safety inspector back to full health and forgetting the entire Meeseek Riot.
"So, me and the inspector were knocked out in the hallway from a loose pipe?", Vader asks one of the Imperial Officers. "Yes, My Lord, and we don't have security to back that up since the area you two were in was a blindspot", one of the officers replied.
"Well, that's understandable, and judging by these safety hazards today, and i'm sorry to say, but this military station has to be shut down until further notice",the inspector says as he puts the datapad away. Vader yells at himself mentally until he gets an idea. "We forgot to check one last room, the Emperor's Throne Room", he says.
"I see, well, if the Emperor's throne room is clear of hazards, then maybe i'll reconsider", the inspector says putting the datapad away. And as Vader and the Inspector went to the Emperor's throne room, and the inspector finished inspecting the room, this is what the inspector had to say.
"Okay after this thorough inspection of the Emperor's throne room, i'm sorry to say this Lord Vader, but the station still has to be shut down", the inspector says putting his datapad away.
The moment Vader heard that, he picked up the inspector will all his strength and throws him over the railing that leads down to the station's reactor. All that was heard left, was the scream of the inspector as he falls into the core.
Back at Death Star Cargo Storage:
Mike, Barry and Carrie enter Mike's storage complex to put the Meeseeks Box back, and when they enter, they find Nelson inside looking through folders.
"Nelson, what have you been up to?", Mike asks confused.
"Well, with all the recent junk that you collected, i gotta say, this is next level", Nelson says.
"'Next level', how?, Mike asks confused.
"well, ever since i've seen that Meeseeks Box, i decided to look at your recent finds, and what i found is serious stuff", he says taking out a slightly thick folder showing pictures of a certain group of space pirates and says. "Just Where did you get this stuff, and who gave it to you?"
Mike replies, "Okay, i'll say, it was during my scouting mission on Tatooine..."
Flashback
It was during Mike's assigned mission with his squadron, he told them all to split up to look for a Rebel Informant selling Imperial secrets, while Mike was investigating a few of Mos Eisley's vendors, someone wearing a brown poncho and a good over his head with a brown sunhat on his head and said to Mike, "Stop hassling them, none of them are selling off Imperial Secrets", this person says to Mike.
When Mike heard that, he instantly aimed his blaster at the person who said that, "What do you know about Imperial Secrets?".
"At ease, trooper, i heard one of you say something about your mission, i know nothing about Imperial Secrets, but i can tell by looking at you, you're a junk collector".
"well yes, yes i am", Mike says as he sets his blaster down. "I can cut you a deal, i have a lot of interesting items i want to give away, not that many people want", the person said.
"Uh, can i buy what you're selling?", a light green Rodian who looked like a smuggler said to the vendor.
"How much are you offering?", the vendor asked.
"30 credits", the rodian replied.
"30 credits!? I only accept 12, take your credits somewhere else!", the vendor said.
"Or, i can just give you the twelve credits, while i just keep the change", the rodian replied.
"All sales are final, now go!", he says as he starts shoving the rodian away. "i'm sorry about, can i continue to explain my offer?", he asks Mike.
"Yes", Mike replies.
"Okay, as i was saying, not that many people buy what i'm selling, what do you say, i'll give you all of this, just for 8 credits", he finishes saying his offer to Mike.
"Wait, only 8 credits?", Mike asked.
"Yes, good deal", the vendor says.
"Can i see what you're selling?", Mike asks.
End of Flashback
"After i saw what he had, i was impressed, and bought it on the agreed price", Mike finishes.
"That seems a bit shady, Mike", Barry says. "I have to agree with Barry on this one, does seem shady", Carrie says agreeing with Barry.
"But, this stuff can benefit the Empire, most of the stuff i've seen is quite useful, for example, a portable rayshield", Nelson says as he holds out to metal discs, which suddenly activate and trap him in a rayshield", "Can someone get me out please", Nelson says.
"Give me a few minutes, i think i can have that disabled", Carrie says grabbing some nearby tools.
"This stuff does seem useful, let's give it a try, there's probably some stuff we can use against the Rebellion", Barry says.
"Yeah", Mike, Carre and Nelson say in agreement.
The four of them continue to tinker with all the recent items Mike collected in his storage complex, until they were finished for the day and went off to do their own thing.
