3:10 to Kathol: TKO Dominion of Zonju V Hex

[Joza Perl]

Objective: C (Sponsorship)
Post: 9/15

“Yeah, that’s the way it goes.” She shrugged. “No luxury resort here, but no total fethhole either.”

She took another sip of her drink, leaning back against the bar as she watched a waitress clean tables in preparation for the evening crowd.

“Igor’s is a cover, so to be honest I don’t really care if the food is good or not. It’s just cheap enough to have a regular crowd, and that pays the wages.”

In all honesty, it was true. Igor’s Tapani Palace was far from palace standards, but it served its purpose well. A pretty new restaurant with friendly wait staff would raise some brows on the smuggler’s moon.

“So for Aurodia, you want people to actually enjoy their time here.” Ivan ventured, polishing off what was left in his glass. “Which would explain why the food doesn’t taste like it was fished out of a grease trap.” While it wasn’t anything to write home about, it was typical bar fare that would satisfy hunger without turning any stomachs.

“Right again. You should open your own cantina.”

Joza exhaled sharply through her nose and watched the regulars begin to file in. They were a bit dirty and looked exhausted from a day’s work, but that wasn’t anything a few rounds couldn’t fix.

 

[Cira Cat]

LOCATION: Zonju V
OBJECTIVE: C - Establish an HQ for MaraTibx
POST: 6/5 contract for MaraTibx

The next order of business was with [member="Bryce Bantam"]. Six had not met Mister Bantem personally, but she knew whom he was. Typically it was Saffron that would travel the Kathol Outback to conduct business, but if she was in the area, discussing a bit more with the man would be logical.

With one contract negotiated, it was onto the next. After gathering her items, the redhead journeyed back to her speedercar. From there, the woman would fly back towards ATC's temporary headquarters while the construction of a more permanent building ensued.

On the way, Six reviewed the documents. There was word of a new type of energy crystal, a version of kyber, that was able to retain energy in a manner quite unlike before. Perhaps this was the key along with some slight modifications to increase power output of the Quintessence reactor and harvester.

 

[Ashin Varanin]

25/37

She couldn't have picked these scientists out of a lineup if she'd tried, but tonight they were fascinating. In one of the RNS Jubilee's modular analysis bays, they'd reconfigured certain panels, furniture, and instrumentation to give them an in-depth close-range multi-angle view of the Thing. That multi-angle view was important, because from different perspectives the Thing appeared to have subtly different dimensions, proportions...and mass. Ajira had taken a speeder bike from the corvette to the Jubilee where the science vessel sat up on the canyon's edge. Now, wrapped in a blanket and nursing a steaming mug, she sat on a corner chair and watched the archaeologists lose their minds.

Discoveries like this, the really ancient, enigmatic ones, could make careers and reputations overnight. The Mindharp of Sharu. The Infant of Shaa. The Hall of Sight on Widow. The crumbled gates beneath already-ancient ruins on Dathomir and Tython. Discoveries like this tended to make people feel abjectly small, spur existential crises. She had to admit, for all that she'd accomplished over the decades -- about as much as a human ever could, really, or within that order of magnitude -- the Thing's implications dwarfed her. She'd felt like this before, speaking with the Five on their bizarre world, or diving down the ten-thousand-kilometre Spires of Hell, or walking on Mugg Fallow surrounded by a malevolent, amorphous gray tsunami.

The Thing took a general form that she couldn't quite describe. If she'd taken two doorframes and rotated them to a ninety-degree separation around their shared long axis, and if she'd filled the middle with obstructive brass lattice in complex skeins, and if each door seemed larger than the other depending on where you stood, that sort of approximated it. But then again, there were elements that seemed like arches or corners or arches again when she blinked. There was an impression of stability, but also of great weight about to tip. The frame -- was it brass or something like marble? And was it reflecting the colour of the lights in a washed-out, hue-distorted kind of way, or had she just been staring at it for too long?

 

[The Great Narrator]

LOCATION: Zonju V
OBJECTIVE: C - Establish an Aurum Saccs Bank HQ
POST: 8/15 (sponsorship and contract for Aurum Saccs Bank)
[member="Noire Vanya Tal"]

Cla had just received [member="Cody Bantam"] 's transmission. Well received maybe to strong of a term, it was more like intercepted a transmission meant for her ex-husband but it didn't matter she had a way in, a big way in for Norie on the most powerful symbol of stability and power now in the region.

"I have some good news Ms Tal, one of my associates has secured quite as prize." Cla said.

As Cla spoke she held up a small holo projector and from it sprung the image of "the foundation".

"What you now see is being positioned about Zonju. Called "The foundation" will now be the undisputed guardian of the region and will soon become the central point trade and commerce. You wanted to know about security? I can offer you two full deck upon her. Instead of an unsecured planet side building you can use this as your central hub. It will be quite the symbol of security for Aurum. As for our ships once you purchase them they are yours to crew as you wish, fly where you wish. The level of security and control will be your's." Cla continued.

 

[Kimiko Taiyou]

Location: Zonju V, Royal Palace, main hall
Objective: B - DOWN WITH THE KING!!
Allies: TKO/Underground, Companions, [member="Dax Fyre"]
Enemies: Entire palace...
Post: 8

The three women and Dax, whose arrival couldn't have came at a better time, mopped up the rest of the servants...no survivors...her lover's tendencies must be rubbing off on her.

They got the more competent of the dignitaries in attendance armed, and set up to the best of their ability to defend themselves.

Then the group swiftly exited the room, led by the swift Ki, tails excitedly threshing behind her as she ran. Dax was right behind her, followed closely by Chika and Kanan, as they gave chase to the retreating king.

It didn't give long for the group to come to a large junction of hallways, with at least four new routes shooting off from the main. Ki stood between them and sniffed at the air as her ears flicked between the directions. Her curious companions gathered around her, providing security, as well as tossing the woman glances.

"What do you think she is doing?"

"Chika! She's trying to find the route the King took. Let her do her work, and give her cover."

"Mou, I'll ask her about it later than."

A gasp, perked ears, and excited pointing,"I got his trail! Come on!" and they were off once more, in pursuit of the traitorous ruler...



Location: Zonju V
Objective: A - Target @Bryce???
Non-Player Character: Yoshiko (Yohane) Tsushima
Post: 5

The two men left the woman bewildered with her mouth agape.

She yelled after them, complete with a pout and stomping feet,"Hey! I wasn't done talking to you...two!!" she exclaimed before casting her eyes over to a nearby parking lot.

She dashed over, finding her desired vehicle rather quickly, and began hot-wiring the ignition,"My precious Lily would never do such a ting to me..."

The wires sparked and the swoop-bike started up. The woman immediately hopped on, and tore out of the small lot in pursuit of the two...

LET THE CHASE BEGIN!

[member="Nate the Bounty Hunter"]

 

[Bryce Bantam]

Objective: A
Posts:14/25(writer)
Friend a enemies: [member="Kimiko"] / [member="Nate the Bounty Hunter"]

As the rickshaw pulled away Nate jumped into the seat beside Bryce with a thud. The cart bucked a little and the droid pulling it was lifted off the ground for a second before its' wheel was returned to the dusty earth.

"Well ok then," Bryce said with a smile as the two raced down the road.

"Well Feth I am really hungry, Nate want to stop off and get some grub. Figure we can hit a local street merchant on the way. Diver divert to the nearest GOOD street food vendor, my friend and I need a snack."

As the droid beeped and booped its' binary reply Bryce took out his comm unit. "Ms [member="Danger Arceneau"] I am running a little late due to local traffic, my apologies, can we take this meeting here over the net or would you rather we reschedule out face to face."

It was tough to conduct business, not to mention harder then an old friend stops by and you have a deluded Jedi killer on your trail. Still the sun was warm and the day was young. Soon they stopped off at a noodle stand of some type.

"I'll take the ogie grande bowl, Nate what you having, my treat?"

 

[Ashin Varanin]

26/37

The archaeologists knew their work. From her seat in the corner of the lab, Ajira watched them document the Thing from every angle, using instrumentation she couldn't identify. She wrapped the blanket tighter around her shoulders and took a long sip of hot chocolate. The speeder ride had chilled her more than she'd thought, or maybe the life support systems weren't handling the air temperature properly. You could run into problems like that with this sort of highly modular bay.

Then again, those working closest to the Thing we're breathing wisps of cloud, and she did recognize a few of those sensors. Several had to do with temperature. The Thing was cold, bitterly cold. The underground city hadn't been, no more than was usual for a cave. If the Thing had been sitting there frigid for millennia, it would have taken on the ambient temperature - or influenced it. The obvious implication was that the Thing's surface temperature had only recently decreased. Absorbing energy, by default, but to what end? Had her presence or the archaeologists reactivated it, assuming it was technological?

 

[Dax Perl]

Dax followed Ki, practially on her tail...er tails. As they met the first cross section the man took up a position just in front of Ki, eyes afixed down the hall before him. He trusted that Ki's two comapnions knew what they were doing. When the women turned and began to hunt down the King through another hall, he followed close behind.

[member="Kimiko"]

 

[Negative Prime]

Location: Zonju 5
Objective: Gold rush
Allies: TKO
Enemies: Unknown
Post: 4/5

Admittedly as everything was coming together the to build the town it looked old already.
" I swear Mandalorians can't pull off anything new and shiny " she joked looking to the construction droid.
" Sorry mam?" it responded looking baffled.
" Nothing the prefab's have a weathered look already is all. " she explained.

" Well the Materials have been left siting on Vito witch still containes a weather system." the droid answered.
it wasn't the droids fault it was programed for a specific job instead of being a conversationalist.

with a sigh honko shrugged " fine just get those water storage tanks treated and painted before we get it fully set up "

 

[Jessica Med-Beq]

Location: Zonju 5
Objective: Gold rush
Allies: KO and friends
Enemies: Unknown
Post: 21/38 (writer) 1/5 (Pizza Hutt)

While, of course, the Ultima-class bulk freighter was busy deploying a prefabricated orbital naval yard, which will be used to build and maintain ships of the hitherto under-equipped Outback Navy, Jessica took the liberty to get down to the surface and try to negotiate a lease, hoping to get some good location for the Pizza Hutt on the surface. With the duet using a Neimoidian Yacht to get to the location of a strip mall near an amusement park, Praiseland, where repairs are underway by their new owners. Hopefully she has learned the lessons of negotiating commercial leases on Terminus, but she can't expect the new landlord to be the same as the last ones. Zonju 5 doesn't carry the same rent as Terminus, if only because the planet has a lower population density. But the naval yard promised some jobs to the local community, she had to grant that much. So long as there is no Tortures-r-us or similar things in tow, Pizza Hutt won't have much of a problem operating in a land with so little regulatory requirements. Marcia reads the latest issue of the Sith Inquisitor:

"You're not serious, Sith Inquisitor? Praiseland is reopening?"

"Praiseland reopening: I never went there but I believe I should: it could use a Pizza Hutt location either in or close to it"

"Almost there, boss..."

 

[Ugohr Poof]

Location: Zonju 5
Objective: Gold rush
Allies: KO and friends
Enemies: Unknown
Post: 22/38 (writer) 2/5 (Pizza Hutt)

Pizza Hutt... after what transpired on Dulvoyinn, Ugohr never expected to meet with that fast-food company ever again. He had to make it quick, the security guards' patience is wearing thin. Although, of course, his terms for supervised travel were such that he could not spend more than 24 hours on a given planet before being herded to either their next destination or back to Sullust. Ugohr spotted a potential new tenant into the blonde-haired lady that towered over him, whom he only knew by name prior to this, but what would Pizza Hutt be after now? What could possibly bring Pizza Hutt to Zonju 5? There were too many possible reasons that Ugohr didn't even stop to consider them. While the construction teams began repairing the structural problems with the strip mall, Ugohr agrees to meet with Jessica outside the mall, with a few terms for the rental of the space as he outlined them, based on his own encounter with the landlord on Terminus. This time around Ugohr was the representative of the landlord.

"Just make it quick, Gungan prisoner, we're scheduled to depart in two hours" the security guard warns Ugohr.

"Mesa guessen dat yousa came for leasin space in disen strip mall. Mesa Ugohr Poof"

 

[Jorus Merrill]

27/37

A pair of Kathol patrol boats took off from the barren plains of Zonju Four and soared through the orange sky, bound for hard vacuum. One boat contained [member="Julius Sedaire"], who might or might not have woken up by now. The other contained Jorus, some handcuffs, and a squad of well-armed police officers. Oh, and prickly Underground containment collar, the kind he'd used on a Sith or two in his time.

With codes and calls and knowledge, he'd satisfied the officers that he actually was Jorus Merrill. That had prompted the collar.

The shuttlepod didn't have a lot of room; from here, he could see through the front canopy. Known starships, including Beyyr's heavy cruiser, gave a sense of scale to the massive shape they surrounded. "Oh, they went ahead with moving the Foundation here? Good for them. Good spot for it, for right now anyway."

 

[Ashin Varanin]

28/37

She'd have killed to spend some time alone with the artifact, but precious few opportunities presented themselves. The archaeologists and various other scientists worked late and took overlapping shifts. If one wasn't recording iconography, another was testing chemical composition. At this stage, their data made no sense to Ajira, and she didn't have full access anyway. Not without attracting attention.

Attention was what she risked two nights later, when the science teams took a collective break to talk things through. She'd spent those two days on the normal tasks of her job: holoconferences, briefing and being briefed, signing documents by telepresence. All the while, she'd found it difficult to get the Thing out of her head.

By her best estimates, she had twenty minutes alone. She took an hour in her cabin to flow-walk forward and investigate possible short-term futures. About thirty percent of the time, an Arcona named Birrel stumbled in looking for something. She slipped out, went to his cabin, and dosed his hidden saline flask. The compound she'd chosen wasn't hard to find on a ship, and in Arcona it gave symptoms comparable to a mild salt overdose. Perhaps someone would stage an intervention; perhaps he'd scare himself and quit. Either way, when she took a look at possible futures, she always remained undisturbed for those twenty minutes.

She didn't look at the actual session. Some things didn't like to be examined through a paradox lens.

At the exact time she'd arranged, she headed down to the lab. All sorts of camera equipment was here; she couldn't mess with it. Her presence would be noted, and that was fine. She took a seat, the same one where she'd sat to watch the initial examination. Then, under cover of her Quey'tek concealment, she stretched out to the Force and touched the artifact with her thoughts.

 

[Joza Perl]

Objective: C (Sponsorship)
Post: 10/15

“So what’s the catch?”

Ivan leaned back lazily, the booze flowing through his system making him appear much more lax. Usually he had a snide remark or two for Joza, but he’d lost most of his bite, comfortable in the moment. They’d spent the last few weeks on Zonju V, making sure that things were in order for the opening of the caninta.

“Catch?”

Green eyes narrowed as she scrutinized Ivan, unsure exactly of what he meant. Sure, they both had their history with smuggling, but she did clean business.

“You know,” He waved a hand lazily. “Slaves under the floorboards and all that.”

Taken aback slightly, Joza’s gaze scanned around the cantina. Satisfied that they were further away enough from the patrons that had already entered, she huffed and blew a tendril of hair from her face.

“No, nothing like that.” Though, now that she thought about it, Heartbeat House and Igor’s did do the same thing in that regard. Just not known to the public, and she’d worked to keep it that way.

An uneasy silence hung between the two for a few moments before the Zeltron sighed.

“There’s an underground area that’s sort of a safe house for Underground folk.”

After admitting that, Ivan slid closer to her with a grin on his face. “I knew it. You don’t start these things without an underlying intent, right?”

[member="Tai Fa"]

 

[Krayzen Dratos]

Objective: Establish A Night Club
Post : 4/5 [10/25]

Just like in Nova Corp, Golden Entertainment had began bringing in new workers. Maria had heard that other major corporations had decided to move in. She was afraid that they would come in Golden Entertainment's territory, but from what she had been told, no entertainment company had moved into their specific location.

Their new batch of workers had been hired, most of them having worked for Nova Corp. The new revenue stream they had in their Zeltron club allowed them to be able to finance such an operation, although Maria knew that they would not be able to waste credits, as there were still a small company, and had yet to reach the height she wanted them to.

Maria waited for reports on how the construction was going, as she began to plan for the construction of the new night club if need be.

 

[Krayzen Dratos]

Objective C: Gold Rush
Post [7/10][12/25]

The IFF tag was transmitted, and Kathol Outback authorities allowed her in. More importantly, now that she had secured a contract with the Outback, Astril decided it was time to expand another mine, in order to get more credits, as well as to increase the company's new profits.

Astril landed her ship, then exited the ship via the exit hatch. She then decided to leave via her speeder bike, and proceeded to the construction site.

Business was about to begin.

 

[Jairus Starvald]

[member="Joza Perl"]

The promise of gold had brought Lord Fa here.

His interests were varied and reached in many sectors of industry. From gems to medicine and from mining to ships, there was always something that peaked his interest and made him just look into the opportunities. Aurodium... was expensive and worthwhile and it would earn its investment over many a times, if the extraction facilities were good and if the workers were better.

That was why this time around the Thirriken had chosen a different path.

A mining settlement had been established nearby, it would serve as a place for the workers to live and in contrast to other ventures, this mining settlement was made for comfort and accessibility.

Lord Fa did not skimp on the costs and had even made a thin partnership with a Zeltron, named Joza Perl. He knew very little of her, but her company name was reputable enough. She had been interested in his settlement and wished to open a cantina there - something which would downscale his costs by a substantial margin and increase the probability that his workers would be content.

Most of the business was already concluded.

The doors of the cantina slid open and allowed entry to one well-dressed peacock,

This time it was simply a manner of shaking wings and speaking pretty words.

 

[Joza Perl]

Objective: C (Sponsorship)
Post: 11/15

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“Easy, Volek.” The mumble slipped from between her lips as she made it a point to not look at him—eyes forward, almost staring into space. Ivan was far more amicable, far more playful when he drank.

She didn’t like it.

Something about him when he got like this rubbed her the wrong way, but she couldn’t place it. Thankfully, he’d gotten up and walked off to the refresher to relieve himself when the Thirriken of the hour made his appearance. Tai Fa was overdressed for this sort of setting, but it was implied that he was here strictly on business. From what Joza could gather, the peacock was far from the type to slam back a few brews in a dusty old cantina. Fa seemed like the sort who liked to keep his wits about him—then again, her interactions with him had been few and far in between during the planning stages of their deal. It was only natural to form a picture of him in her head, but it would be silly to draw conclusions from such little material.

The cantina was neither old nor dusty, by the way—it was new and clean, but had a bit of a gritty charm. Not too high class, not scum-of-the-earth caliber. An average place for the average person.

“Mr. Fa,” She greeted with an air of genuine business-grade warmth, a pleasant smile on her face as she straightened out and slid from the stool.

“Thank you for coming. So,” She swept a hand wide, gesturing to the area of the cantina as a whole.

“What do you think? And can I get you something to drink?”

[member="Tai Fa"]

 

[Jairus Starvald]

[member="Joza Perl"]

In response there was silence as Lord Fa took her gesture literally and once again gave the establishment a other look-over.

As had been agreed previously the cantina seemed to be up to snuff when it came to regulations. The doors were not obstructed, the windows could be opened easily, there was ventilation and the floors did not feel like they were made out of shrapnel.

It did look genuine enough, Lord Fa mused to himself, before looking back at Joza and inclining his beak.

"I think I like it." The Thirriken simply mentioned, before pushing himself off the floor and floating gently to the seat opposite of the Zeltron. Even in that move there was simple elegance and grace to be found, the peacock did not enjoy half measures, it seemed.

"Tea, if you have it. How are you, miss Perl?"

He did not seem to be joking about the tea. In fact, he was not. Alcohol was never truly his thing, it didn't taste very pleasant and it made you prone to do silly things.

Lord Fa did not abide my silly things and has no use for them.

No, if they had it, tea would be good enough for him.

 

[Jessica Med-Beq]

Location: Zonju 5
Objective: Gold rush
Allies: KO and friends
Enemies: Unknown
Post: 23/38 (writer) 3/5 (Pizza Hutt)

"I'm Jessica Med-Beq. I would like to have a look at the leasing terms"

Jessica faced the Gungan for the first time, but she knew that the Gungan was in a hurry. The terms the Gungan thus handed to her were somehow eerily similar to those she were given back on Terminus, only with a different rent (as reflected in the size difference and Zonju being much less expensive as Terminus to rent on), which made it all the more puzzling to her. Ugohr knew that Pizza Hutt was just a fast-food restaurant that sold stuffed crust pizzas. Nevertheless, these were terms she could more or less agree to, knowing that Jedi would never attempt to fleece other Jedi. But the difference here is that she had to supply the restaurant equipment herself. Kitchens, tables, and so on, so forth.

"Marcia, can you place orders for restaurant equipment please? Looks like this Gungan is about to lease 350 square meters to us"

"That's 120 seats..."