(Warning! Contains mild spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
"So how did you get yourself into that mess if I may ask?" Asked Poe Dameron to Tan Numb, as they were charging through the galaxy, headed towards the Resistance base.
"Well you know, it's not unusual in my line of business. I was picking up some shield generators for a client of mine. Seems like I wasn't the only one with that mission. I was trying to stay incognito, so I hopped on a transport shuttle out in the outer rim, where I had been assigned" Answered Tan, who had moved into a room down in the other end of the ship. He found some old toys, probably belonged to the man from whom he stole the ship.
"I flew completely casual, was really hoping to stay out of trouble in this one. So as the ship landed on Lothal, I realized I hadn't really planned a way out. You can't bring more than one bag on those passenger flights, forget about 20 shield generators. So I did what I do best: Improvised.
I arrived at a location I'd heard about. An old Imperial base. They had all kinds of old tech, ranging from blasters to Tie-Fighters. It was completely abandoned. Seemed like no one had been there for decades, which is probably a correct assumption. Anyway my droid helped me locate the generators. There were hundreds of them, filled up half of the warehouse. I got what I needed, and I even found an old blaster, still worked well. Anyway so i-."
"Wait a second" Interrupted Poe. "If you arrived in a passenger shuttle, then where'd you get the ship you're in now?"
"Well I was coming to that. Will you just listen?" Said Tan as he played fetch with R5-C2.
"Alright, alright go on"
"Thanks" Exclaimed Tan.
"So as I was saying, I left the warehouse with what I needed and started looking for something to fly off in. It had to be big enough to room the generators, but nothing too fancy, still didn't want to raise suspicion. And there it was. And what a beauty. A Corellian freighter, just what I was looking for, a big ship, with a few guns and a bloody nice paint job."
"I thought you said, 'nothing too fancy'." Interrupted Poe once again.
"And besides, that's not what you're flying right now"
"Will you please let me get on with it with it? I'll cover everything don't worry.
Anyway, that ship blew up when a gang of pirates spotted me trying to load the generators into it. Apparently they wanted those generators too. I was about to tell them how many there were back in the warehouse, but I figured I might want to get back there someday and I don't want to find it emptied out by pirates. So instead I pulled out the blaster I found earlier, and shot them down…"
Tan paused, waiting for a response from Poe.
"No you didn't" He replied.
"Yes I did; why would you think I didn't? There were only like five of them and I had the generators for cover."
"Yeah, no you definitely didn't"
There was a short pause.
"No, you're right. I ran off with the generators, knocked some old man unconscious and stole his transport ship. Anyway the pirates got in their own ships and followed me out into space, and I ended up where I am now."
"Hmm; Well thanks for the story. We're closing up on the base anyway now so get ready." Said Poe and shut off his comlink.
Tan sat for a bit and contemplated on his decisions in life, wondering if he should have become a bartender on Tatooine, instead of this mess. Eventually he walked back into the cockpit as his ship emerged out of hyperspace towards the Resistance base on D'Qar, the place his brother Nien spent his time when he was not off saving the galaxy from the First Order.