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| Author | Topic: Beggars Canyon |
| Aims |
posted 3/13/03 1:13 AM
Aims revved the engines on her pod racer, it was brand spanking new, and shiny to boot. She grinned, if she won this year it would make it twice in a row! Glancing left her grin faded to a scowl, there sat iloveyouiknow in his banged up little racer, he had been undisputed champion for the three years before Aims had first entered, but he had been unable to compete the previous year due an unfortunate... accident. Pity the one planned for this year hadn’t worked as well, she mussed, but it didn’t matter, she knew she could win, she was sure she was better than him anyway. Her smile returned and she raised her hand into the air to wave at the gathered crowds and they cheered uproariously. Just then the two commentators appeared in the box, each with a woman attached to his arm. The blond haired kidd looked like he belonged in the desert, the brown haired guy however looked like he’d rather he in the middle of a fist fight. “Pleeeaaaase welcome, yooouuur hosts” the sound box boomed, "Haaann Sooolo!!!!" The crowd when berserk. “…and Luuuuke Skywalker!!!!” More cheering, but a touch less enthused. "And on to our racers!" The box continued. "First off we have Aiimms!" The cheering grew to just below deafening. "Next in line we have... |
| Dark Death Dude |
posted 3/14/03 1:52 AM
"Dark Death Dude!" said the announcer. The roars from the crowd died down considerably. DDD scowled. Just because it was his first race didn't mean he was going to lose. "Up next we have Grek Kaldo!" The crowd cheered the same for him as they did for DDD. DDD glanced over the oval shaped engines connected to his pod. He saw ILYIK right in fron of him. DDD remembered the bet he made with ILYIK, and was determined to win it. He gripped his pod handles tighter. He was ready to give the crowd a race like none before. |
| Da Wookie |
posted 3/16/03 4:28 AM
" Next in the rotation, we have a contestant by the name of Chugg Goner". As the announcers rattled off all of the other racers, DDD thought to himself. He was going to win that bet with ILYIK, even if he had to cheat, which he fully intended to do. "And all the way from the Malastareian circuit is Tob Crenzo" DDD looked in Tob's direction. The crowd roared with excitement. He searched the spectators for his "friend". Spotting him next to the pitdroid hangar, he gave him a nod. "He's the gold trophy winner of last year's 'correlian rally'". DDD's "friend" pressed a button on a small rectangular object in his hand. "He's been racing for twenty five years!" said luke from the play-by-play booth "and he's got.....". He was cut off as Tob Crenzo's engines exploded, killing the pilot and showering shrapnel over the other racers. "This is going to be easier than I thought" muttered DDD as he revved his engines. |
| Dark Death Dude |
posted 3/16/03 3:58 PM
"Wow!" Exclaimed Luke. "That'll delay our race a bit." As he spoke, Pit Droids started removing junk from the track. Luke finished announcing the rest of the Racers. The Crowd roared with excitement. Han started counting down the beginning of the race. He gave the word, and the pods started streaking down the track. |
| Da Wookie |
posted 3/20/03 0:39 AM
The crowd Gasped as IloveyouIknow sped through the first turn, nearly clipping Aims' pod as he passed her. "Watch it! you over grown Wamp Rat!" She screemed as DDD pulled along side her. She knew of DDD and ILYIK's "wager". She was intent to stop it, and win the race at the same time. no more innocent people needed to die. she grimaced as she thought about what had happened to Tob Crenzo. He'd been her friend and had trained her about Pod Racing. 'but now that he's gone....' she pushed the thought out of her head. after all, she had a race to win. |
| Dark Death Dude |
posted 3/20/03 4:59 AM
ILYIK and Aims pulled ahead as DDD pulled around another podracer. He hit the boosters, and started cruising forward, but he almost hit a desert spire with one of his engines. He pulled away from another pod nest to him and he breifly looked around. Ahead he could see Grek Kaldo caught between ILYIK and Dep Hyjon. ILYIK jerked his pod towards Grek, and sent Dep Hyjon smashing into the wall. DDD maneuvered around the explosion, causing him to go into an alternate passage. "Just what I need." said DDD."I'll have enough trouble winning this race as it is." |
| Grand Moff Andy |
posted 3/20/03 5:24 PM
Luke Skywalker's voice commentary out over the assembled crowd. "...and Triple Dee seems to have taken a detour and that means it's Ilyik in the lead, closely followed by Dep Hyjon... but what's this up ahead? A large black pod racer marked... 00, the double zero!" A few miles down the track a tall man was banging a large wooden sign into the ground - it read 'DETOUR'. "Why it's none other than that dastardly Grand Moff, Schan Cobas Andy!" said Luke Skywalker. The Grand Moff laughed maniacally. He was wearing a tall train-driver-style hat, a black mac, and a pair of red gauntlet-style gloves. "That'll take care of the competition!" said Andy "Yeh, yeh, yeh!" said Darth Tine, wearing a leather pilots cap with flying goggles and a red scarf, from within the 00. All the cars followed Andy's detour. "Why that insidious Imperial, he's tricked our wacky racers!" cried Luke. "Now this race will be mine..." said Andy, stroking his long waxed moustache with his gloved hand. Tine growled. "...I mean 'ours'". At that point Andy dropped the hammer on his foot. "Drat, drat and DOUBLE DRAT!!" Darth Tine covered her mouth with her hand and sniggered loudly. |
| Dark Death Dude |
posted 3/20/03 7:48 PM
DDD finally pulled back onto the track. No One was in sight. "Either that was some detour, or I'm eating their dust," said DDD. He hit the boosters the careened around a corner. He glanced behind him, not really knowing why. He looked forward again, and saw the detour sign, about 25 meters from his pod. "Sithspawn!" DDD smashed through the sign, causing one of his engines to sputter and die. His pod started losing control. before anything else could happen, his other engine also died. He eventually skidded to a halt on the sand. He tried to restart the engines. After about 12 tries, they started, with some difficulty. He pushed forward on his handles, and sped away down the track. Appearently everyone else was ahead of him. |
| Da Wookie |
posted 3/21/03 7:47 PM
ILYIK passed under a stone arch that crossed over the path. "I don't remember that from the race map." muttered ILYIK, he was in the lead, but to where? He searched his memory. where had he taken a wrong turn. just then he recalled the detour sign. "Emperor's Black Bones!" He realized that he had been tricked. Luckily the side tunnels he memorized from the map were still fresh in his mind, and he thought he knew a way that would get him back on the track, and ensure victory. |
| Dark Death Dude |
posted 3/21/03 7:58 PM
Appearently everybody else didn't study the map, because as ILYIK pulled to the left, everybody followed him. After weaving through a few passages, he came back on to the track. He oriented himself to where he was, the started pulling ahead. Again, everybody followed him. ILYIK decided to use this to his advantage. He pulled to the right, where a ledge was 300 meters in front of him. He sped up, then at the last moment pulled away from the ledge. The closest follower was confused, and was sent flying over the edge, landing in a fiery explosion. Everyone else pulled out OK. Everyone decide to stop following him after that. |
| Grand Moff Andy |
posted 3/22/03 3:04 PM
A few clicks ahead of them the 00 was speeding along. Grand Moff Andy laughed maniacally. "Mwahahahahahaha! Tine! At last, I'm going to win! Mwahahahahaha!" The Grand Moff slipped a small disk into the 00's music-maker and the tune "Stop the Peko Peko" started blaring out. Suddenly Darth Tine turned round and saw ILYIK and the others coming up behind them and tapped on the Grand Moff's shoulder. "What is it, Tine? Can't you see I'm trying to win a race". ILYIK couldn't believe it. "Andy! I should have known, that dastardly creep! Well, we'll see about that". The racers had just entered a ravine. A little further in the distance ILYIK could see a rock balanced precariously at the edge of a cliff. ILYIK used the Force and sent the bolder rolling down towards the 00. Tine's eyes opened wide as the bolder came hurtling towards them and she began tapping the Grand Moff furiously on the shoulder. The Grand Moff turned "Drat it all, Muttley...I mean Tine, will you leave me alo..." Suddenly the bolder crashed into the 00 sandwiching the Grand Moff's pod racer up against the opposite wall of the ravine. "Better luck next time, Grand Moff!" yelled ILYIK. Andy and Tine climbed out of the wreakage as the other pod racers roared past. "Drat, drat, and double drat! Tine! Why didn't you tell me they were behind us?!!" yelled the Grand Moff. "Frasa, rassa, massa, rassa, frassa.." muttered Darth Tine |
| Da Wookie |
posted 3/23/03 1:33 AM
As Tine jumped out to free the pod from the rock, the other racers zoomed by. "I hope the engine wasn't damaged" commented Andy. As Tine finally got it free, Andy fired up the burners. the motor closest to the rock damage turned on it's side causing the 00 to flip completly perpendicular to the ground. "This might be a problem sneered andy, "jump back in tine, I still have a plan to win". The 00, now on it's side making it the 8, pulled away, flying in a very quick but uncontrolled manner. |
| iloveyouiknow |
posted 3/25/03 7:32 PM
Atop a cliff next to the track, Derris finished lining up the automated targeting system perched atop his flash speeder, attached to it was a Reel's Class 3 Blaster Canon. Well hidden behind a large boulder,it was lined up to take out the first Pod that came around the bend. Derris pulled the brown sackcloth over his head, he didnt look much like a tusken raider, but from a distance you couldnt tell. He set his pod on self destuct in case he was separated from it, he couldnt afford for anybody to find it and discover who he was. As if as a second thought he pulled a large sack from the trunk of the speeder, Aims had paid him considerably more than last time. HE was to well known as dirty around the pits though, so instead of sabotage he had resorted to this. iloveyouiknow was always leading the race and if he could be destroyed, first would come much easier to Aims..... |
| Dark Death Dude |
posted 3/27/03 10:28 PM
Something told DDD to let drop out of the lead. he pulled back on his handles, letting the other pods zoom past him. he boosted forward again after the leader past him. suddenly the lead pod's engine exploded, causing it to spin out of control and eventually explode. DDD pulled around the explosion. Soon he caught up to the nearest pod and found it to be ILYIK. DDD Pulled to the left, and tried to smash into ILYIK's pod. He missed, and nearly smashed into the wall. |
| Derris |
posted 3/28/03 4:06 AM
Derris waited on the ledge for ILYIK's pod to appear. He picked up his macrobinoculars to scan the the horizen. There... ILYIK's Pod appeared on the horizen. Derris jumped up on his turbolaser Battery and took aim. He spotted his target and pressed the trigger. Right as he did this, he fell over with a massive fit of coughing. Massive turbolasers blasts fired out of the battery, Completely disintagrating the Podracer. "Well, I hope he survives." said Derris to himself. As the dust cleared, Derris saw ILYIK's pod emerge completely unscathed. "Who did I hit?" Derris asked himself. Slowly, the dust cleared enough for him to make out the pilot. Derris watched as Aims pulled herself from the the remains of her cockpit. "Ahh, Sithspit! There goes my bonus!" Derris said. "And curse this Kowakian Monkey Spotted Fever!" (I hate Pneumonia) |
| Darth Tine |
posted 3/30/03 8:57 PM
Aims climbed shakily from her busted pod. That stupid hired thug! Trust an idiot from Commenor to botch it up. IF he was from Commenor as he claimed. But never mind that now, she had a race to win! She headed to a nearbye outcropping of rocks. She climbed to the top and searched through a loose pile of stones. She hefted one in her hand that was about the size of a ball from a game of Gammorian leapfrog. Just right. She settled in and waited. Soon enough she heard the whine of a pod. She peaked from her hiding spot and at precicly the right moment, threw the rock with all her might. It hit the pod's pilot square on the side of the head. The pilot flew off and the pod shuddered to a stop 100 yards away. Aims ran to the pod and climbed in, she pushed the handles forward and away she went leaving the pilot in a cloud of dust. |
| Grand Moff Andy |
posted 3/31/03 4:24 PM
Up ahead of Aims the other competitors were still fighting fiercly. Darth Tine had finally managed to stabilise the 00 and Grand Moff was ramming into the side of DDD as they sped through the revine. "Out of my way, numb-skull!" Andy yelled "Hey! Back off, road-hog!" DDD cried, as the 00 sped past him. The Grand Moff and the Lady of the Sith were now firmly on the tail of Grek Kaldo. The Grand Moff sped up and tried to make his pod actually leap-frog over Grek. Grek looked up and screamed as the 00 came smashing down on top of him causing his pod to scrape along the ravine floor. The 00 hopped out in front of Grek, who scowled and locked onto the Grand Moff. "Deal with that if you please, Tine!" "Yeh! Yeh! Yeh!" said Tine, with relish, as she pressed a large red button. All of a sudden, to Grek's amazement, a large red boxing glove came flying out the back of the Grand Moff's pod on the end of a giant spring. It smacked his pod head on and sent him flying into the revine wall. "Hahahahahahaha!!" the Grand Moff cackled, stroking his long moustache. Now it was just ILYIK they had to deal with |
| Dark Death Dude |
posted 4/1/03 10:07 PM
DDD was fed up with GMA. He reached into his pocket and flipped out a cylinder that resembled a lightsaber. "That's because it is a lightsaber." thought DDD. He tried to strain forward enough to catch up with the 00. After a long struggle with the controls, DDD had caught up with Andy just as they past the finish line. Two more laps. DDD brought himself along side the 00. Tine looked over and scowled. She acquired Andys attention and he looked over. DDD activated the saber and took a swing at the engine of the 00. Just as he struck the engine, his pod was sent flying into the other direction from the 00, causing him to drop his saber. DDD looked at the 00's engine to survey the damage. DDD didn't like what he saw. Instead of damaging the engine, he had just destroyed a cooling valve. DDD cursed. at least the 00 would be having slight heating problems. |
| Grand Moff Andy |
posted 4/2/03 12:55 AM
The race roared on. The 00 was still desperately trying to catch up with ILYIK and was beating off competition from DDD, with Aims bringing up the rear. Inside the 00 all that could be heared was the sound of Darth Tine's teeth chattering loudly. "It's f-f-f-freezing in here!" stuttered the Grand Moff, snapping off a piece of his frozen moustach. "Right! That's it!" he yelled, finally snapping. DDD looked over at the 00. What were they doing? DDD watched in horror as the engines raised from the side of the 00 and out slid a huge circular razorblade which began to spin. Even over all the noise of the race DDD could hear the Grand Moff's maniacal laughter. "Uh oh" said DDD to himself "I think the Grand Moff's a little pi--ed!" The razorblade lunged out of the 00 on the end of an electronic arm and DDD had to duck and weave in and out to avoid being sawn in half. "Yep! He's definately pi--ed!" yelled DDD |
| iloveyouiknow |
posted 4/8/03 2:39 AM
I wonder how he deduced that mutter iloveyouiknow as he listened to his conversation over his headset. Bugs placed on Pods was recognized through the galaxy as illegal, but on Tatooine POD checks were very rare. |
| Darth Tine |
posted 4/11/03 5:22 PM
Darth Tine turned to Andy, "I feel a disturbance in the force." Da Wookie suddenly raced by in his Pod. GMA nodded, "Yep I guess you could call that thing a disturbance." "He's leaving us in the dust!" exclaimed Darth Tine,"What other gadgets do you have on this thing?" "Well I guess i'm not too sure. Those were the only ones I new," Andy pondered a moment,"Well I guess I haven't pushed this button yet." "Then push it!" Andy pushed the button and a computer voice filled the air, "Self destruct activated, Pod will self desruct in 20 seconds." "What the @#$%^*!!!!!!! "19...." "What kind of @#$&%ing idiot would put a self destruct on a pod-racer!!!! "18....17...." "Do something Andy!!!" "16..." Andy quickly pushed the button again,"Maybe that will do something." "Self destruct reset, ship will self-desruct in 5 seconds" "Andy you miserable worm!" "4..." "It's not my fault!" "3..." |
| Derris |
posted 4/11/03 5:51 PM
Derris sat behind a small rock pile on the bottom of the canyon. His other plan had failed, so he would have to go to plan B. Derris walked back to his speeder and pulled a large blaster rifle from a hidden compartment. Surely this will finish off ILYIK, thought Derris He walked back to the rock pile and brought his blaster to bear. He was startled as one Pod racer flashed through the canyon. Ahh, that would be Da Wookie., Derris thought. ILYIK wouldn't be far behind. Another Pod flashed around the canyon, bearing the number 00. He watched as two figures dove from the pod, landing roughly on the ground. "What? Why would they jump out of a perfectly fine pod?" wondered Derris. But he would not get an answer. Derris knew what was going to happen. When the pilots jumped from the pod, the pod veered to the right. Straight at him. There was nothing he could do. Ohh, Sithspit. How do I get into these situations? wondered Derris. The Pod plowed over the top of the rock pile, exploding a fraction of a second later. As the dust settled, all that could be seen were debris from the Pod and a fully intact speeder, but nothing else. |
| Dark Death Dude |
posted 4/11/03 7:24 PM
DDD had been behind everyone else for a long time. He tried to push everything out of the engines he could, but it didn't help any. DDD suddelny remembered the bet he made with ILYIK. "First one to wreck the 00 wins 500 credits," murmered DDD. DDD rounded the next corner. There was a wrecked pod to the left. As DDD pulled closer, he saw that it was the 00. "Stupid ILYIK," said DDD. He looked in his rear-view mirror to see GMA get up from the ground with a blaster and wildly shoot at DDD's pod. one blaster bolt caught his left engine, blowing off a stabalizer, another shot nearly caught DDD in the hand. DDD lost power and ended up in the dirt. "Not again!" yelled DDD. He frantically hit the starter switch while Darth Tine and GMA started running up from behind. |
| Grand Moff Andy |
posted 4/14/03 3:20 PM
Suddenly, GMA and Darth Tine heard a noise. It was Aims pod coming up the rear. "Forget him!" yelled the Grand Moff "it's time to hitch a ride!" Andy and Tine quickly scrambled up a nearby hill and, just as Aims whipped past, the two jumped on top of her pod, desperately clinging on. "What the...???" exclaimed Aims. She felt the warm barrel of GMA's blaster nestle in the back of her neck. "I'm ever so sorry, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to comandeer this vehicle!" said Andy, cooly. Meanwhile, DDD dragged himself out of his wrecked pod racer. Where the heck did Andy and Tine go, he wondered. It was then he spotted Derris' speeder. |
| Dark Death Dude |
posted 4/19/03 9:45 PM
DDD jumped into the seat of Derris' speeder and started it. By now Aims' pod roared by, causing DDD to pull off a lever. DDD soon realized that it was the throttle control. DDD cursed. He ran back to his pod and tried to start it again. After trying about 30 times, he gave up. "Time to get a new pod," said DDD. |
| Derris |
posted 4/22/03 0:11 AM
Derris was catapulted into the sky by the force of the explosion. He went up a very long way. "I must be a toydarien." said derris, "I seem to be defying gravity." Eventually, He stopped going up and reversed course. Well, this could be worse, thought Derris. He'd once heard a story about a y-wing pilot who was trying to land his crippled fighter on a low gravity moon. The pilot repulsors had failed so he had to land his fighter like a primitive atmospheric fighter. He had lined up for his approach and managed to get his fighter on the ground. He'd heaved a sigh of relief, right before his ejection seat shot him rocketing. With the low gravity, he'd managed to achieve escape veloctiy. Yeah, It could be worse. Derris estimated his altitude at about a mile high. No, It's worse, he thought. All the moments of his life flashed before his eyes. All the wrongs he did flashed before him. I never should have knocked over that bank on Yaga Minor, he thought. He fell most of the remaining distance in silence. Derris spotted what looked to be one of those Sysnostin 3X-92 open topped haulers. It was filled with some sort of air cushion. He was falling straight toward it. What Luck! thought Derris. |
| Grand Moff Andy |
posted 4/22/03 3:27 PM
Meanwhile, Aims' pod was gaining on ILYIK. Darth Tine and the Grand Moff were still, however, clinging to the side of her pod. Andy suddenly grabbed Aims by the scruff of the neck. "Kindly disembark!" shouted the Grand Moff. Aims jerked the controls sideways, knocking Andy off balance. He wiggled and wobbled in a most undignified manner before regaining his balance. He peered back into the cockpit of the pod. "Very funny, now..." he was cut off as Aims fist hit him in the nose sending him sprawling onto his back. The Grand Moff lay in a dazed state, his eyes crossed. He swore he could see Peko Pekos flying round his head. He didn't even notice as he slid down the side of Aims' smooth pod. Luckily, the tail of Andy's coat got caught, leaving the Grand Moff's head dangling inches from the ground. "Wha'...?" moaned the Grand Moff, dazed. The pod sped on. |
| iloveyouiknow |
posted 4/23/03 11:39 PM
Though phased GMA still had the good sense to be terrified HELP! He screamed, reaching frantically for a hold on the pod. He managed in grabbing the pod's main transpulsar, ripping it off. Immeadiatly the podracer began slowing down as the engines lost power. It came to a stop right after rounding a bend in the path between the cliffs, causing it to fell strait across the road! Suddenly, they began to hear a deep throaty engine coming closer. Aims and Darth Tine jumped from the pod and ran for shelter. GMA tried but his cloak was still stuck. |
| iloveyouiknow |
posted 4/23/03 11:46 PM
GMA began panting as he heard iloveyouiknow's pod - only ILYIK's vehicle sounded so throaty - coming closer....closer...closer |
| iloveyouiknow |
posted 4/24/03 0:08 AM
iloveyouiknow hit the blue button next to the status display, cycling screens until he came to Darth Tine's cam that he had planted on her before the race. He watched the screen intently, but all he could see was barren rocks going by......way too slowly. There was no way she could move that slow in her podracer - it was physically impossible. Then he noticed it. The broken pod next to her was in so many pieces that he couldnt recognize in it. but he did recoginze the grey figure that seemed to be stuck to the pod.
Almost. He nicked his right turnbrake against the back of the 00 causing the brake to rip off. He steered his pod clear of the wreckage and onto the straitaway. He began to assess the situation. The straitaway was short followed by a series of tight turns with the "Needles Eye" at the end of them. Even with the damage iloveyouiknow felt he could take the turns. But the tunnel? It was normally tight manuevering but without his turnbrake it would be near impossible, especially turn eight..... It was a hard right that no sane pilot would attempt with anything less than a perfect pod.............but then again, he never considered himself sane. |
| iloveyouiknow |
posted 5/29/03 5:36 PM
Even without telepathic communication, Aims was thinking the same think about iloveyouiknow as sh spotted the trail of dust coming from his pod. She had used a not-so-well known tunnel to get onto of the cave. Whe was waiting over the exit point. If that turn didnt get iloveyouiknow, she was going to be sure that her blaster did. She watched as the cloud of dust disappeared. He was now in the cave. Aims cradled the gun in her forarm, and settled down for a very short wait..... |
| Darth Tine |
posted 6/13/03 4:44 PM
Darth Tine wandered over to where GMA was still caught on the pod. "Stupid coat!" GMA muttered,"Can't trust anything these days..."Andy sputtered to a halt in the midst of his whining. He rapidly turned grey and a look of horror washed over his face. "Tine look out!" Darth Tine whipped around to look behind her. A pod was coming strait at her! She barely had time to blink before it smashed her into oblivion, and all was darkness.... ******* Blast dang it!!! Sithspit! Son of a Hutt! Why did this keep happening to her? Darth Tine stood up in disgust. She couldn't even win a stupid holonet game! Rage ran swiftly through her and before she knew it she'd smashed the holonet portal. She looked up, everyone else in the holonet cafe was wisely looking away. She marched out of there and boarded her ship. Well.. at least she had accomplished her purpose. Due to the tracking device that she had installed in the portal, she now knew what planet derris was on. Who knew why the Emperor wanted him, but she would find him. On Corellia. |
| Derris |
posted 6/13/03 7:10 PM
(Meanwhile, on Correlia, in a tapcaf) "No, No, No!" said Derris "I'm looking for Booster Terrik! Do you know where I can find him? The Selonian shook his head. "Fine, whatever, I was never here, okay?" Derris said as he placed several credits into the selonian's hand. Smiling, the selonian turned away. Derris got down of his stool and headed toward one of the corner booths. Terrik had better show up quick, or there would be one less Derris Haplyon in the galaxy, he thought. And that would be a terrible tragedy. ------------------------------------- Minutes stretched into hours as Derris waited. Suddenly, the door to the Tapcafe swung open, admitting a man in a uniform. Mild Expletives escaped from Derris as he recognized the man. Corsec, He thought with a shiver. How did Horn find me? Derris watched as Hal Horn walked over to the bar and began questioning the Selonian. Derris looked around in panic. There's got to be another way out of here, he thought. He spotted another exit off to his left. It was right next to the refresher station. Slowly, Derris stood up and began walking toward the Refresher. He tried to make it look like he was going to use the refresher, but walked right past the refresher room door to the exit. He pushed open the door to stare into the face of Corran Horn, Hal's partner and son. "Hello, Derris." Said Corran. |
| Derris |
posted 6/14/03 4:23 PM
Corran stood in the observation room and watched as Hal interrogated Derris. Something doesn't feel right about this guy, he thought to himself. Well, what could be wrong him? He's just a petty smuggler. Yes, but I just can't shake this feeling, Corran thought. At that moment, Hal walked into the room. "Well, he claims he was on Duro when the bank was knocked off", Hal said. Corran turned to his father and looked at him. "What's wrong, Corran?" his father asked him. "I don't know. His story seems to check out, but my instincts are telling me that there's something more to this guy." "Yeah, I feel the same way. Try to find some excuse to keep him here longer", replied Hal. "Will do." ----------------------------------- Well, this is a lousy situation, Derris thought. At least they didn't catch me with the datapack. I will have to get it out of the back of that parked taxi when they let me out of here. |
| iloveyouiknow |
posted 6/14/03 8:33 PM
iloveyouinow watched the screen as his Pod passed over the finish line. He had won. He looked up form his console. and cautioned himself. These holonet games of Battlefield Tatooine were getting addicting and he had to be careful where he played them. If he got too distracted by them while in a code 4 zone he could get seriously trashed. It was pretty safe on the planet of Correlia, where they were now docked, but when they started their soon-to-be-made run to Joilol. He walked back into the cockpit of his Borloz class freighter, The Sunstrider Da Wookie emerged from a door on the left and stepped in behind iloveyouiknow as he walked to the cockpit. They both picked up tools and began working on the new seats they were putting in. Da Wookie growled, “raw ha leshan dubncorm”. iloveyouiknow replied, “ I know that it’s gonna take us forever at this rate but we’re still waiting for Aims. She always arrives late anyway.” Just then a Y-Wing with green markings came over the top of the tower behind them, landing right next to The Sunstrider Da Wookie laughed. “She’s on time, so sue me” iloveyouiknow spat as he went back to his work doubly fast. [This message has been edited on 06/17/2003] |
| Yerka Mig |
posted 6/15/03 2:58 AM
Yerka Mig sat back in his seat sucking on his hookah, allowing the smoke to swirl around him. He chuckled lightly to himself as the frustrated combatants unhooked themselves from the machine. His compatriot, Nabrun Leids, slunk into his chair. "Bumpy ride, Leids?" Yerka asked with a sly grin on his face. "Bah! It's that new version featuring Grand Moff Andy! Ever since he was killed he's been popping up everwhere!!" snarled the enfuriated Morseerian smuggler from within his breath mask. "Take a deep breath, Leids. You'll do yourself an injury getting all excited like that. So, anyway, how did you do?" "That damned Moff! I crashed into a revine!" Nabrun yelled "A revine?" asked Yerka, raising a cynical eye brow. "It came out of nowhere!!" Nabrun protested "Hmmm, quite. And you're my pilot? I'm so reassured". The former Imperial bureaucrat blew some smoke into Nabrun's face, just to annoy him. The smoke wafted round Nabrun's mask as he took deep breaths of methane. "Come on, they're leaving". And with that they got up and followed the others outside. |
| Da Wookie |
posted 6/16/03 0:13 AM
In the CorSec interagation room, Corran Horn sat in his chair, opposite derris who sat across the table. Corran thought to himself, (This still doesn't feel right, not at all like some petty smuggler.) His gut told him that this guy had some kind of scheme, one that was probably illegal. The only thing he knew was that his father had told him to keep him here. "What were you doing in the "Mynock's hole" today, anyways?" he asked, breaking the silence. "I like their Whiskey. Is there something wrong with that?" Derris replied, "Why are you holding me here? I haven't DONE anything, yet!" "'Yet'being the key word there. That place is know for your type of character." " And what type of Character is that?" Derris asked. (I don't know), Corran thought to himself, but he had to make up something to keep him here. "The local Savings and Loan was just hit by a man fitting your description. took over three hundred thousand Credits," Corran said. he didn't like pinning the crime on this guy, but he had no choice. "When can I go? I've been here for two hours!" "Once My partner gets back he and we all have a little chat." A minute later, Corran's com buzzed. "Yeah, what is it?" he aked. "We've got trouble!" the mousey man on the other side said. "Imperial intellagence is looking for that man you picked up this afternoon." "Sithspit!" Corran swore. Derris was obviously a little more important than he thought if the Imps were after him. Something in his gut told him that he wasn't supposed to give Derris to the Imperials, and his dad had always told him to follow his gut. "What was that?" Derris asked, apparently not hearing the comlink. "It's your lucky day," Corran said Sarcastically, "come on, we're leaving." |
| Darth Tine |
posted 6/16/03 1:07 AM
Major Macy Bobbin decended lighty form his speeder, just outside corsec's headquarters. He motioned slighty to the stormtroopers sourounding him to follow him inside. He liked being able to order others around, it gave one a sense of power. And that was something that someone as pathetic as Bobbin didn't often get. As he walked up the never ending steps at the front of the building he suddenly tripped and fell flat on his face. He stood up cluching his nose in a vain attempt to stop the bleeding. He could here the storm troopers sniggering behind their masks. "shut up!" he thought,"stop laughing at me!" Everyone always laughed at him. It wasn't as if he could help it! He felt tears welling up in his eyes. He was worthless! He sniffed slightly. Nobody liked him! The tears finnaly fell. This made the stormtroopers only laugh the harder. "hand me a napkin." he ordered in a trembling voice. The napkin was provided and Bobbin walked into the building. While the site of an officer in an imperial Intelligence uniform would have normally inspired the clerk to feel fear, the fact that Bobbin was less than intimidating in stature and that he was holding a blood soaked napkin to his face made the clerk feel much more secure."Where's the prisoner" one of the stormtroppers asked. "He is in cell block 1128" the group poroceded to the cell block only to find....The prisoner was gone!!! "Where is the prisoner?" Bobbin asked to passing lacky. "Dunno, probably left" What was Bobbin going to do now? He was supposed to bring the prisoner back to intelligence! This person was important! Now he was gone! And once again, Bobbin felt the tears well up in his eyes.... |
| iloveyouiknow |
posted 6/16/03 2:14 AM
Aims leaned against the cockpit door. iloveyouiknow turned around. "So what kind of freight does The Captain have us carrying to Joloil?" Aims glanced at iloveyouiknow, "Human" was the reply, "some rebel agent." "what?” iloveyouiknow was incredulous, “Surely we could get more money flying spice, or weapons something!" "more than $90,000 credits?" Aims grinned, "and that's just our cut, The Captain already took his 10%.” Da Wookie’s expression visibly brighted, something not very typical of the black furred alien. Iloveyouiknow didn’t look so sure, “Did I just hear you say $90,000 for a Rebel Spy?” Who is he, Jan Dadonna?” Aims pulled a datapad from her jacket, “All that the Rebels would tell the boss was that his codename was ‘Nightshade’, but you know The Captain, he found out that his real name is Derris Haplyon. Here’s is the dosier on him.” iloveyouiknow was still thinking of the money, “$90,000 credits” he murmered. “That would be enough to start our own Pirate operation” He looked Aims in the eye. “I don’t think that would be a very good idea, The Captain runs the best privateering buisness around……” she replied before Da Wookie interrupted, “rowr owf howl adrf” (This is not the time for arguments). iloveyouiknow refocused. “So, where do we find this “Derris” character” “We don’t, we wait for contact by someone called ‘Terrik’ “ “That’s it?” “That’s it”  The Sunstrider [This message has been edited on 06/16/2003] [This message has been edited on 06/17/2003] |
| Grand Moff Andy |
posted 6/16/03 3:37 AM
Yerka and Nabrun were lurking in an ally near where Aims and the others were talking, listening intentively. "Ah ha!" mused Yerka Mig, with a raised eyebrow "Woooooww!" said Nabrun, a little too loudly. "Do be quiet, Leids" Yerka said, calmly placing a hand on Nabrun's helmet and pushing him backwards, causing the Morseerian to topple over, "I'm trying to listen". Yerka licked his lips and rubbed his hands together as he heard Aims speak. "Hmmmm, interesting". He turned and looked down at the incapacitated Nabrun. "Well don't just lie there, come on!" and he started to walk off. "There's work to be done" he added with a seedy glare. |
| iloveyouiknow |
posted 6/16/03 6:25 AM
NOTICE: please everybody be careful about what you put down. Andy, you should have noticed by all the previous posts that they are inside The Sunstrider. But all things are forgiven. |
| Grand Moff Andy |
posted 6/16/03 3:27 PM
Oh, I thought they were still standing outside. Hmmm, well I guess Yerka Mig and Nebrun Leids couldn't have heard them then. That's a bit of a conundrum. |
| Derris |
posted 6/16/03 4:25 PM
"Alright, Horn. So who was that on the comlink, and where are you taking me?" Derris asked. "To the safehouse." Corran replied. "You didn't answer my first question." "And I'm not going to." Corran Sighed, "You would be better off not knowing." They walked for several minutes in silence. Eventually, Derris got talkative again. "Hey, Corsec. How about removing these binders?" Derris pleaded. "You and I both know I'm innocent. It's not as if I'm going to run or anything." Corran sighed audibly. I really shouldn't, he thought, but if we need to make a quick getaway, he'll need his hands. "Alright, Derris." Corran said as he removed the binders. "But remember, no running off, okay? There are people who are looking for you who I'm sure you wouldn't like to meet." Derris nodded at that. They walked several more minutes in silence. I might as well be using this time to figure out what it is about this guy, Corran thought. Maybe I could discover why the Imps want him so much. "So, Derris. Tell me. Why would anybody be interested in finding you?" Corran asked. There was no response. "Umm... Derris?" Corran tried again. This time, when there was no response, Corran twisted his head to look back. Derris wasn't there. Corran spun around, and tried to get a visual on where Derris was. He spotted a man with Derris' physical description merging with a busy crowd at high speed. Running after him, Corran wondered if this guy was really worth all the trouble |
| Da Wookie |
posted 6/16/03 4:49 PM
Corran Chased after the vigalante, trying to keep him in his sites. But it was no use, he had run into Treasure Ship Row, the busiest street on the planet and there was no finding him in there. Running frantically, he saw a figure matching Derris' build. Chasing the cloaked figure, he tackled him knocking him and two grans to the ground. "Gotcha!" Corran cried as he turned the man over. But to his horror, it wasn't Derris, it was Hal Horn, hi father. *************************** Sitting in the back corner of the smokey cantina, Derris waited for his contact. his eyes survyed the bar. The place was rather empty, with only a few Durosian sitting at the bar and a mixed group of aliens sitting at a table. He glanced behind him to see if there was anyone else. "Who are you looking for?" asked a voice Derris quickly turned around, his hand instinctivly falling onto his empty blaster holster. seeing a young woman sitting directly across from him. "Emperor's BlackBones!" Derris said, Don't do that to me, Mirax!" "Where were you? Booster's been on me all day to find you since you weren't at the "Myncok."" " I got picked up by CorSec and ran into one of your Dad's friends, Hal horn." "SithSpawn, and what about the datapad? did they get that?" Mirax gasped. "No, I managed to ditch it in the back of a taxi" Derris Replied, "the only Question is which one." |
| Darth Tine |
posted 6/18/03 7:27 PM
Darth Tine walked calmly into the tapcafe. She stalked to the counter and looked directly at the Selonian behind it. "Where is the man called, Derris?" "I...I...don't know what your talking about" Sputtered the Selonian. The Sith lady slowly raised her hand and gently closed it into a fist. The bartender started to choke. "Fool! Don't play games with me! Was Derris here?" "Yes" choked the Selonian. "Where was he headed?" "A man....Called...Terrick. but..." "But what? Spit it out!!!!" "Corsec...they....got ...him..." "Which agents?" "Horn..." Hmmmm... that was interesting. She'd heard of this Horn fellow. She tightend her fist and the Selonian fell to the ground dead. After all, she didn't need him anymore. She walked out of the tapcafe and turned the corner to start heading to Corsec headquarters, when someone slammed full into her. "Mynock scum!" she spat, "Watch where you are headed!" The small man started to apologize profusly and then took off running, glancing behind him periodicly. Darth Tine turned to see what the man was looking at only to see two other men dash past her. But wait a second....one of them looked familiar... "Horn!!!" She took off running after them. After all, she had limited time to get this Derris before the emporer's pet, That creature Jade, started sniffing around. |
| Da Wookie |
posted 6/19/03 3:44 PM
DDD was having a terrible day. ever since he was caught smuggling that spice for Durga, things had just gone down hill. Blasted Corsec, they always get in the way, and now that he'd stunned two officers, he was on their most wanted list. On top of that, they impounded his speeder, put a stake-out in front of his landing pad, and had guys searching the cantinas. Waving down a taxi, he thought about how bad it was. "Were to, bub?" asked a selonian from the drivers seat. "Anywhere but here." He replied, getting into the air speeder. As the taxi sped down the street, DDD looked at his clothes. they were torn, dirty, and slightly stained, "Blast, These clothes were brand new this morning!" "Yeah, that's the way it goes in this neck of the planet. "Said the Driver, "one time I was playing down on turnac street and boy did those street gans give me a run for my money! I had to go in for bacta after that one. in fact I think...." DDD's mind drifted. he couldn't stand a talking taxi driver, especially when it was a selonian. He knew he had to get off the planet, But How could he think with something sticking into his rear-end. (What in blazes?), He thought to himself. he got up and pulled a datacard out from under him. fingering it over, he noticed an Imerpial symbol on one corner. "This your's?" he asked the driver. "Nope, Spacers are always leave garbage in my cab. it's yours now." "You got a datapad I could plug it into?" "yeah," the driver responded, "One under the back seat there." DDD felt under the seat, amongst the half eaten nerf burgers and loose change he found it. Pocketing the change, he plugged the card in. "Emperor's black bones......" he said. on the screen in front of him was the readout of a space station, a very large space station. The Spherical Battle Station was the size of a small moon, and had the distinct color of Star Destroyer Grey. Little Cash Registers went off in DDD's head. "What is it, bub?" asked the driver. "Change in plans, Take me to the Imperial Garrison." He was having a really bad day, but this was going to turn it around. |
| Dark Death dude |
posted 6/23/03 10:35 PM
DDD's taxi pulled up to the front of the imperial Garrison. He stepped out, got a breath of slightly fresh air, and paid the Taxi driver with what little money he had. "At this rate, I'm never going to get anywhere." mumbled DDD. He walked toward the Doors of the Imperial Base, but was interecepted by three Stormtroopers. "Halt! What buisness do you have in the Imperial garrison?" One Stormtrooper said. "I found a datacard that seemed liked it was Imperial. I came to return it." DDD knew he was taking a risk; even if the Imps let him in, he would have trouble convincing whoever he talked to that it was real. He would have even more trouble trying to get the Imperials to ship him off the Planet. DDD was just hoping the Imperials didn't check his identification. "Right. a Datacard." The stormtrooper said. Even with the Helmet the stormtrooper was wearing, he could hear the disbelief in his voice. The stormtrooper nodded to his two compatriots. "Alright. We'll let you in. But no funny stuff." DDD agreed. The Troopers did a quick search of him, then escorted him in. DDD didn't like the feeling of a blaster at his back, but he endured it. He marched through the doors. He surveyed the room with interest. The room was of circular design, with pillars every 20 feet on the side of the walls. The pillars met at the top of the building, making the building feel secure and safe, though DDD didn't know why. Banners hung down the sides of the building between the pillars. Glass was at the top of the building, so when the light was shining in, it made everything seem more grand, yet forboding. "I've always loved Imperial architecture." DDD thought to himself. "I should join as an officer sometime." DDD chuckled to himself. Imagining himself in an Imperial Uniform was slightly Hilarious, Especially since he had been running from the Imps his whole life. "Maybe it's time for a change." |
| Da Wookie |
posted 6/24/03 5:02 PM
Corran was glad that his father had decided to split up and look for derris. He definatly didn't want to be around his dad after tackling him in the market. Now he guided his speeder through the streets of Cornet City looking for the one person who could guide him to Derris. He found Booster Terrick in a pricey Tapcaf on the outskirts of Downtown. Walking up to bar, he spotted Terrick in his usual spot next to the back. Booster was a heavy set man of middle age with short hair and an extended girth. He was dressed somewhat richly due to his buisness of a less than savory nature. Corran made sure not to be spotted by him because he would surely run at the first chance at the door. walking up behind booster, wairy of the obvious henchman booster brought with him. He silently drew his blaster and set it to stun. all of a sudden he felt the cold muzzle of a blaster against the back of his tunic. "Drop the gun or I drop you." said a male voice from behind. Corran did as he said, tossing the weapon to the floor. he turned to see the one member of booster's guard that he'd missed. "Ahhh, Sithspit." said Corran. |
| Derris |
posted 6/27/03 6:49 PM
Derris exited the Tapcafe, leaving Mirax. I need to find that Datapack, he thought to himself. That taxi could be anywhere by now. Maybe if I were to go to Treasure Shop Row, I could find it there. Derris knew that the odds were slim. Derris wasn't one of those foolish Corellians who didn't have any use for odds. He waved down an airtaxi, first checking to see if he was going to have luck on his side. It wasn't, so he entered the taxi. But the markings looked similar, maybe it was from the same taxi company, he thought to himself Derris turned to the man driving and asked him where the company headquarters was located. The man was about to tell him when Derris interrupted. "You know what, just take me there." Derris told the driver. "Sure thing, buddy." the driver replied. ------------------ As the Taxi moved through Coronet City, Derris thoughts were raging. This isn't good, he thought. First Corsec, now the Imperials. There's got to be somebody I can trust. Derris wasn't able to complete his thought, because he had arrived at the headquarters. "That'll be 5 credits," the driver said. Spacelane robbery, Derris thought to himself as he payed the taxi driver. He stepped out of the taxi and surveyed the scene. The headquarters was a small office building in the business district on the eastern side of the city. It was probably the dreariest part of the city, mostly because of the lack of foliage and color in the buidings. There was a large grey fountain of to his left which wasn't running at the moment. Derris wondered what the city planners were thinking by putting a water fountain right there. Derris blankly stared at the water fountain and a large group of figures clad in white that were standing behind the fountain. There was such a lack of contrast that, at first, he didn't recognize what the men truly were. The of them quickly pointed in his in direction, and the whole group of them began running toward him. They were Stormtroopers. Derris turned around began to run for life. Stun blasts were flying all around him as he desperately tried to avoid being hit. He pulled a small hold-out blaster out of his sleeve, while turning around. He fired off several shots, watching as one of the stormies fell. Derris took note that the stormtroopers weren't trying to stun him as he felt a blaster bolt burn into his thigh. "Sithspit," Derris said through clenched teeth. |
| Dark Death Dude |
posted 6/27/03 10:16 PM
DDD thought something was up. The stormtroopers marched him right past the information desk, and down the main corridor. "Maybe they have a special place for people returning lost items," Thought DDD, trying to ignore the fact that he just got in a turbolift headed down. "Down?" DDD had seen the floorplan of this Imperial base before, after that skirmish with those bounty hunters on Durga IV. He shuddered at the thoughts going through his head. The only thing that was down was the prison. "Prison? What could be down there?" Thought DDD. It slowly struck him, though not nearly as fast as it should of. DDD quickly looked for any means of escape. None. The Turbolift door opened abruptly. He looked down a dimly lit hallway. It was dank and uninviting. The stormtroopers tried to force him forward, and after DDD struggled a while, he finally gave in. "This is not good." In the dim light DDD looked for anything that might be of use to him. He faintly saw a metal pipe about five feet ahead. As he was forced by it, he grabbed it and swung at the nearest stormtrooper. The pipe landed squarely in the troopers helmet. The Trooper stumbled forward a bit, but didn't take the plunge to the ground. DDD tried to smack him again, but his body didn't respond to the messages his brain had been sending him. The second Stormtrooper had stunned him. DDD's last thought was not a good one. |
| Da Wookie |
posted 7/7/03 0:12 AM
As ILYIK waited for this guy Derris, He couldn't help but wonder what was keeping him. Probably just didn't want to show his face. Either that or Booster had stiffed him into sitting around while Terrick sent Corsec after him. "I don't like this". ILYIK said to the wookiee sitting next to him. The Big furry smuggler was reclining in his favorite chair, his dark brown fur lay in a tangled mess all around the wookiee, giving some odd reflections off his silver highlights. He placed his powerful arms behind his head as he mumbled something under his breathe. ILYIK heard enough of it to know it was an insult. "Yeah, you big hairball, You think I like sitting around hear, waisting my time waiting for someone who's not ever going to show up?" Da Wookie growled at him and got up, flex his arms just to show ILYIK his mighty strenght, then turned and walked towards the fresher. (I hate it when he does that), ILYIK thought to himself. "You know, I once met Chewbacca while he was laying over at tatooine."he said as Da Wookie moved away, "he had to be twice as big as you. Your just a Chewbacca wannabe." The massive alien stopped. "I bet he could take you down with one hand tied behind his back." Da Wookie turned around. (Time this wookiee got taught a lesson about who runs this ship), ILYIK thought to himself as he causually set his blaster to stun. "I bet his Mate looks twice as good as yours!" Da Wookie eyes narrowed, ILYIK saw his muscles tense. (Now I show him who's boss) ILYIK mused. He began to move for his blaster, but the wookiee pounced on him, moving fifteen feet in just to strides. ILYIK felt the beast grab his neck, choking the air out of him. He could feel his legs lift off of the ground, and as he was about to black out, Da Wookie threw him down on the floor. ILYIK lay gasping for air as Da Wookie walked into the Refresher and closed the door. "Guess I showed him." |
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