"Takobo system flight control, this YT-2000 light freighter Arcane Knowledge, requesting permission to land. I've got a delivery for a settlement called," I double checked the data, I'd read it a dozen times, but I still wasn't sure how to pronounce the name of the place. "Kazim?"

"Arcane Knowledge, you are clear to land. Proceed on course 15-10, docking bays are on the south side of the town. Forwarding exact coordinates now."

"Coordinates received." I shut off the coms with a tap and started entering the flight plan into the navigational computer. I could do the whole thing manually, but the computer was more than up to the task. While I liked flying, there was a major difference between flying for fun and the boring flying of calmly landing a ship. I'd take over for the final approach, but I didn't feel like micromanaging the next half hour long planetary approach, or the slow in atmo trip to the settlement. Much nicer to sit back and enjoy the view.

{}{}{}{} Planet Surface

The docking representative met me at the bottom of the ramp. The brown skinned Ithorian thankfully had a translator droid with him. Useful buggers, even if they did all sound like pompous twits. Really needed to get back on that project of mixing one with R3. That or pay someone to do it for me. Not until I finished paying off the ship though. Few more trips like this one though, and maybe I could think about it. That or I could finally hire some crew. I could handle flying her on my own but if I got caught up in a fight without a copilot or anyone to work the guns? My only real option would be to run.

"Greetings, Captain Kesel. Jho Shi welcomes you to Takobo, and his hanger. He respectfully requests permission to come aboard and inspect your cargo as per local regulations." The droid explained with at least double the syllables necessary.

"Pleasure to meet you, Jho shi. Come on then, the sooner we get this inspected the sooner we can get it offloaded." I answered with an easy grin. Jho bobbed his head and he and his droid followed me up the ramp. The ship had two cargo holds, located on either side of the engines. Both were filled with neatly stacked crates. My cargo for this trip was primarily ship parts and tools. Kazim wasn't a major shipyard, but they apparently handled most of the maintenance and repair needs for the system.

"I've also got some luxury items stored away in the crew quarters I'm not using, if you think anyone around here would be interested." Jho tilted his head. I figured it was probably a nonverbal way of expressing curiosity. "Alcohol, mostly. I've gotten in the habit of grabbing a case of whatever the local specialty is and carting it around with me. Doesn't always turn an immediate profit, but I seem to always find a curious buyer in the end. Nice little bonus."

Jho turned and talked to his droid who then turned to speak with me. "Jho Shi knows of several local bars that might be willing to buy some of your stock. He also wishes to know if you happen to be carrying any Soum hard cream?"

"Soum hard cream huh?" I scratched the back of my head. "I know I picked some up about a month ago. There was a colony on Orra that made it. Can't remember if I sold the last or not. Give me a second." I started swiping through my secondary cargo list and lit up when I found it. "I've still got six bottles. I could let you have the lot for say, seventy five credits?"

Jho shook his head a bit violently and the droid spoke up to interpret his grunting.

"Jho Shi could not possibly pay seventy five credits for six bottles of a brand of alcohol he has never sampled before. He offers a price of fifty credits."

I placed a hand over my heart in mock offense even as I grinned a bit wider. "Jho, I'm hurt! That you could offer so low a price for such an uncommon spirit! I'll grant you; I don't know how it stacks up against similar drinks, but I can assure you it was the local favorite. How about sixty five credits?"

Jho didn't immediately reject the offer. A few seconds later he started talking again.

"Jho Shi finds that price more reasonable, but would like to counter with an offer of sixty credits, and a personal introduction to the owner of the local bar most likely to be interested in your remaining stock."

I blew out an aggrieved sigh that was completely at odds with the wide grin on my face. "Well I suppose I could let it go for sixty credits and an introduction." I offered the Ithorian my hand to shake, which he gamely accepted. "Let's go find those bottles, then we can see about getting the rest of this unloaded. Should be night by then and you can show me this bartender who you think might buy some of my stock."

{}{}{}{} Next day.

"So, a load of spices, and tea's going to Coruscant?" The green skinned Ithorian nodded. I checked over the data again. "Yeah, I can fit that much. I'm in docking bay twenty three. Just give me a few hours advance warning when you're ready to load it all up, yeah?" Another nod and I headed out into the city.

I'd picked up a few cases of the preferred local spirits, and unloaded a good bit of my stock so that bit of business was taken care of. I had at least a day to kill before the locals finished assembling the order I'd be transporting to Coruscant. I had the day to myself. Prepping the ship for the next delivery would only take a few hours, so I needed something else to do with all my newfound free time.

It had been a week since my first video. And I had been making notes for the next one… Well that would keep me busy. Though before that I should probably post a message about open space on a flight to Coruscant. I had enough space for as many as four passengers, and if I could get more pay for less work? That was all the better.

{}{}{}{} Back on the ship

Rather than sitting on the couch in my quarters like in the previous video I decided to stand in the middle of the now empty cargo room and let R3 record from the wall. There wasn't enough space for something like full katas, but there was enough space to spread out and move fluidly. It wasn't much, but it should be enough to get started.

With a little warble and spin of his green painted head R3 started recording.

I grinned into his camera lens from where I was seated on the floor. "I'm sure that those of you who watched my last video and attempted to meditate on the Force have had very little success so far. Don't let that discourage you. Early training for younglings includes a lot of hand holding where a Jedi Master guides the students minds so we can more easily feel the Force. You don't have that advantage, and that means you'll need patience and persistence. This could take weeks or months depending on how much time you put in and how much natural talent you have."

I rolled my shoulders in a nervous tick as I pooled my thoughts. "Now… A lot of you left comments on my first video to the effect of not everyone being able to use the Force. You said only a few people have that ability."

I shook my head. "That's a myth encouraged and spread by the Jedi council." Surprise you old coots, I know. "The Jedi order recruits children who have naturally strong connections to the Force. Such strong natural connections are rare in most species. Some species are more or less inclined to produce strong Force connections. What the order either does not know, does not acknowledge, or actively hides, is that it's possible to strengthen your connection to the Force. So maybe you don't have a strong enough connection to really feel or use the Force. If that's the case that's fine. You just have to find an alternate method of meditation."

"The Matukai are a small group of Force users who have found that using exercise and martial arts as a form of meditation with a focus on your own body can strengthen a being's connection to the Force. In this video I'll walk you through various types of moving meditation, and a few of their ritual chants that they use in their training. I will warn you; this might be a method for those with inherently weak connections to develop their ability to use the Force, but it is not a shortcut. Just like learning any martial art, even basic competence can take months, and true mastery is the journey of a lifetime."

I paused to glare at the camera. Even if my audience weren't any kind of traditional students, I was going to impress on them that this wasn't something for the lazy and undedicated to pursue.

"That being said, the benefits are truly something else. Great gains in speed, strength and endurance. Matukai Masters can fight full out for hours on end without tiring. And yes, gentleman, that endurance can certainly be applied in the bedroom as well." I didn't even try to hide my smirk. Honestly, it was only partially inspired by previous experience. Mostly I was amused at the inevitable reactions from the Jedi when they heard I was promoting the Force as a pathway to better sex.

"Let's start with stretching." I smiled as I started walking my imaginary class through some warm ups. This video might need to be broken up into a few shorter ones, but I had all day to record so I might as well get through all of it.