I've never been underground before. It almost makes me claustrophobic after
the openness of space. Even Coruscant isn't so bad; you know it wasn't
built to completely conceal everything underneath the surface. -Prat's
Journal
"General," the cheered comm officer called. "Malkus's freighter has arrived!"
General Kurt Dalpiez's hopes leaped as he found out that they would be getting food, spare parts, and other supplies the base needed. Nonetheless, he would appreciate it if the being he would be dealing with was human. His base in the uninhabited Kitzlym system was low on funds and what little they did have was spent on purchasing supplies. They couldn't afford to spend more credits on getting it here and he'd like the captain to understand that.. "Run a voice analysis," he ordered the young lieutenant.
"Already did, sir," he replied, his smile fading. "Almost 87% certainty that it's Twi'lek." The ranking officer frowned then headed up to the landing bay to meet the ship.
"What's Malkus thinking, sending us a ship of nonhumans?" Dalpiez wondered aloud.
As the light freighter touched down, two squads of stormtroopers joined him. He thumbed his comlink on and spoke into it. "Lieutenant Zimel, start jamming their communications." He got an acknowledgement then turned it off and replaced it in his pocket.
By that time, the ship had landed and two aliens and a human were coming down the ramp. In the lead was some exotic alien that wasn't extremely common in the galaxy. Behind it was a Twi'lek, presumably the one on the comm, and a tall man. General Dalpiez turned toward the man as the red striped alien with floppy ears came to a stop in front of him, as standard Kitzlym Base protocol demanded. In his peripheral vision, he saw something flicker across the strange alien's face, probably astonishment or disbelief.
Dalpiez kept his gaze on the human. "Welcome to Kitzlym IV," he said, continuing to ignore the nonhumans.
"Warmest greetings to you, too, sir," the lead *Vornskr* member growled. "I'm the captain, and if you have a problem with that, tell the ship's guard."
He ignored the not-so-subtle threat that happened to be rather meaningless to him and waited for the human to respond. When it was clear the man thought he should be addressing the captain, he smiled and said to him, "Let me introduce myself. I'm General Kurt Dalpiez. And you are."
Their leader spoke again, anger clearly evident in her voice. "I'm Captain Cadyue, to my left is my navigator, Janua Dar, and to my right is my mechanic, Dantien Pindar." She towered over him and it was starting to get on his nerves.
"Then come with me, Mr. Pindar, and we'll discuss just how much to pay you."
Dantien got a diplomatic nod from the captain then went with the Imperial officer to talk.
the openness of space. Even Coruscant isn't so bad; you know it wasn't
built to completely conceal everything underneath the surface. -Prat's
Journal
"General," the cheered comm officer called. "Malkus's freighter has arrived!"
General Kurt Dalpiez's hopes leaped as he found out that they would be getting food, spare parts, and other supplies the base needed. Nonetheless, he would appreciate it if the being he would be dealing with was human. His base in the uninhabited Kitzlym system was low on funds and what little they did have was spent on purchasing supplies. They couldn't afford to spend more credits on getting it here and he'd like the captain to understand that.. "Run a voice analysis," he ordered the young lieutenant.
"Already did, sir," he replied, his smile fading. "Almost 87% certainty that it's Twi'lek." The ranking officer frowned then headed up to the landing bay to meet the ship.
"What's Malkus thinking, sending us a ship of nonhumans?" Dalpiez wondered aloud.
As the light freighter touched down, two squads of stormtroopers joined him. He thumbed his comlink on and spoke into it. "Lieutenant Zimel, start jamming their communications." He got an acknowledgement then turned it off and replaced it in his pocket.
By that time, the ship had landed and two aliens and a human were coming down the ramp. In the lead was some exotic alien that wasn't extremely common in the galaxy. Behind it was a Twi'lek, presumably the one on the comm, and a tall man. General Dalpiez turned toward the man as the red striped alien with floppy ears came to a stop in front of him, as standard Kitzlym Base protocol demanded. In his peripheral vision, he saw something flicker across the strange alien's face, probably astonishment or disbelief.
Dalpiez kept his gaze on the human. "Welcome to Kitzlym IV," he said, continuing to ignore the nonhumans.
"Warmest greetings to you, too, sir," the lead *Vornskr* member growled. "I'm the captain, and if you have a problem with that, tell the ship's guard."
He ignored the not-so-subtle threat that happened to be rather meaningless to him and waited for the human to respond. When it was clear the man thought he should be addressing the captain, he smiled and said to him, "Let me introduce myself. I'm General Kurt Dalpiez. And you are."
Their leader spoke again, anger clearly evident in her voice. "I'm Captain Cadyue, to my left is my navigator, Janua Dar, and to my right is my mechanic, Dantien Pindar." She towered over him and it was starting to get on his nerves.
"Then come with me, Mr. Pindar, and we'll discuss just how much to pay you."
Dantien got a diplomatic nod from the captain then went with the Imperial officer to talk.