A Good Trade (Open to Everyone)

[Kay-Larr]

Commenor. One of the biggest trading planets outside of the Core Worlds. Known highly for chrysopaz gemstones and brandy, it was the home of various ports for companies to set up pit stops for their various routes through the shipping lanes. But of course there were authorities throughout the ports to make sure that nothing illegal was being sent through. Yet not every Port Authority could resist a bribe, unfortunately. So some items still managed to sneak through by those that knew how to cheat the system.

Since being appointed as the new Senator, she had set up one major trade contract and was looking for more. So she sent out an open invitation to see who or what was out there. Of course when one sends out such an invitation, there is always the chance for trouble to arrive too. And Kay attracted it like a magnet. Many of her allies can attest to that.

For now though, Kay stood in the common area of one of the port cities named Semiamuu where she waited for possible business partners to arrive, drinking her favourite tea. And if no one showed up at all? Well, she'd cross that bridge when she came to it.

 

[Latrome]

Wookiees have a tendency to stand out in a crowd. Lofkazza was no exception. His massive frame was an imposing figure and being armed as he was did nothing to lessen his intimidating appearance. Nonetheless, he lumbered through the crowds of the busy trade port, members of all species carefully avoiding him as he did so. Port authorities could be spotted nearly everywhere. It was unlikely he would find any slavers here in Commenor, but with the heavy traffic that passed threw this port each day information would be flowing freely.

Traders were often attacked on their way from port to port in the more dangerous parts of the galaxy and they were eager to share this information among one another. If you knew who to approach, smugglers could be found at every port, many of them well versed on smuggler routes and hideouts. Some are more willing to talk than others, but all have a price. Bounty hunters could and bounty leads would also be in abundance in such a busy trade port as this. The wookiee cared not what he found, all that preyed on the misfortune and weakness of others were to be hunted to the edges of the galaxy. But so far, gathering information as wookiee was difficult at best.

A busy cantina on the edge of one of the many common areas drew his attention. As he lumbered in and ordered a drink, many a patron cast their wary stares his way. Ignoring them, he made his way to a corner booth he could stretch out in, and, with any luck, get ignored. Once the rest of the patrons decide he is no longer worth their attention, the stories would begin to flow again.

 

[Kay-Larr]

A Wookie. Such a rare sight for her. Kay couldn't even recall the last time that she had seen one. Did any of them even speak basic? There was of course only one way to find out.

She quietly approached [member="Lofkazza"] , though not too quietly. He was armed and she didn't want to startle him enough to shoot her. Or throw her around like a rag doll. Kay then cleared her throat a bit before speaking with a smile, "Sorry to intrude. But I just wanted to welcome you to Commenor. Is this your first time to our ports? With Commenor being just outside of the Core worlds, it is the perfect pit stop along many trade routes in and out of Republic space." Boy she felt like some kind of a salesman. But she had a job to do to help spur the economy.

 

[Latrome]

Lofkazza sat in silence as this woman began speaking to him. Most people didn't approach him, much less speak to him. Talking about trade, the Republic, she was an odd one indeed.

She didn't appear to be just a random civilian. They way she carried herself and spoke made her seem as if she was accustomed to such things. Perhaps she was some sort of official. Or she just liked the sound of her voice. Either way, a friendly face couldn't hurt.

As with all wookiees, he couldn't speak basic, but with practice, he'd managed to learn how to utter one word, albeit very roughly. Extending his enormous hand toward the woman, he let out a tough, guttural sound, just barely understandable in basic.

"Lofkazza"



[member="Lady Kay"]

 

[Matsu Ike]

[member="Lady Kay"]

Business was business and she had found there was some fun you could get out of things. signing contracts and getting businesses going forward ere always a good thing while Matsu had her holosuite and map tech for display and the converter tech they had developed but those were only for the highest ones paying or trading. She had a smile on her face though while moving with some of her attention on the people she could feel in the force.

 

[Isis Varida]

[member="Lady Kay"] [member="Lofkazza"]

Tara and Isis were there, the possibility of contracts and working with people was hard to pass up before she was standing there in her engineers armor prototype to test it. They had been working with Danger to get enough for the best and elite among them. A smirk on her bosses face though walking and letting the sound of the datapad on Isises wrist was attracting some attention with the new catalog of products and ships. "So who are we here for?" There was a shrug from the woman though while she was watching. "I am not certain, but we should know when we see them. Or are greeted."

 

[Moah]

Overhearing some haulers while making a stop at Brentaals' spaceport, Moah heard the Freighter Union members chatting about a new opportunity for overtime pay. Evidently Commenor was due to implement more trade under the auspices of a senator and everyone on the Trellan line was working to ramp up capacity. More legal trade always went with more illegal trade, simply due to it being easier to sneak things through when a spaceports' infrastructure was strained by the extra tonnage. It was an interesting opportunity and he wanted a foothold there before other smugglers flooded the place.

The pilot punched in coordinates in the direction of Commenor with a hold full of guns wrapped in rotting shark, all sealed tightly. He had done the Commenor run as part of longer hauls, but never actually stepped foot on the planet to buy or sell anything. Moah went straight to the cantina to see what's up. The place was full. He wasn't the only one who heard. The pilot pushed his way through the crowd.

"Barkeep, house ale. Plenty of foam."

Moah said. The bartender's eyes widened with panic.

"You don't want a bubbler. It's hot."

It was in fact a little warm due to the crowd, but that's not what he meant. The barman recognized smuggler's code that Moah wanted to find a contact, and responded that he should leave the cantina instead. The bartender eyed Lady Kay. Moah raised an eyebrow then waited a moment before casually turning towards where the tender gestured. A Wookie taller than he was, looking ready to rock, and a woman dressed typical of agricultural worlds appeared to be chatting.

"Lofkazza."

Neither of them looked like any customs or law enforcement he'd ever seen. Maybe the Wookie was a bounty hunter, but he hadn't pissed anyone off enough recently to be worried about that. He turned back to the bartender with a look of confusion. The bartender simply motioned 'no' with his head. This only piqued Moah's curiosity further. He handed him more credits than an ale was worth, and got a flat one in return. Moah turned around in his stool and walked straight towards the group, ale in hand, before injecting himself in front of Lady Kay.

"This Wookie bothering you, miss?"

The pilot asked and took a swig from his drink.

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[member="Matsu Ike"] Moah is force sensitive and will have been detected. He is also Epicanthix.

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[member="Lofkazza"] [member="Lady Kay"] [member="Isis Varida"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="Lofkazza"] [member="Matsu Ike"] [member="Isis Varida"] [member="Moah"]


Was that his name? The fact that he was holding out his hand to her in greeting suggested as much. Kay smiled and placed her hand in his, giving it a firm yet soft shake as she bowed her head. "Lovely to meet you, Lofkazza. I am Senator Kay-Larr. I run this port city as well as a few others and represent Commenor for the Republic." She let go of his hand and cradled her cup again.

Others were arriving, some distracted by their drinks and others with their tech and even what looked like catalogues of new ships and equipment. Commoner was known for it's great shipbuilding as well. She'll have to play a good host and meet them all, of course. But one guest at a time.

Or at least that's what she was thinking before Moah stepped in between herself and the Wookie. She raised a brow at his question. "Bothering me? No sir, not at all. We were just going through introductions. Thank you for the concern, though."

She sipped her tea as she studied him for a moment, taking note of his clothing and how he carried himself. "Welcome to Commenor. This is by far one of the best pit stops along the trade routes through Republic space. Have you tried our brandy? I hear that it has a bit of a kick to it." Kay had to continue to play her part. This just wasn't the time nor place to get suspicious with anybody. Her job right now was to produce contracts.

 

[Isis Varida]

[member="Lady Kay"]

There was a look at the woman as Isis raised an eyebrow but still kept her attention on her and the others. Running a hand along her ridges with her forearm datapad and protection on her side. A single blaster but Liran engineering had made it very nice in and the ranger's had been kind enough to lend her the idea with their rail pistols. "Thank you and I would love to try some... after business though human. FIrst we deal and then you can liquor me up."

 

[Matsu Ike]

[member="Lady Kay"]

Matsu went in and was taking a seat to meet and setup this contract with the woman. She was just glad it was a nie place and fitting for a few smaller things, organized and they'd be able to well work together hopefully to make a better group compared to some. THey coudln't compete with all the megacorperations as they were going forward. "Thank you for having me here."

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="Lofkazza"] [member="Matsu Ike"] [member="Isis Varida"] [member="Moah"]


Did Wookies always attract such a crowd? The moment that she shook one's hand, not one, but three others joined her side. Funny how that happens.

Kay bowed her head to the ladies and smiled. "Welcome. I take it that you are interested in our ports? We also have some of the finest ship building facilities on this side of the Core Worlds. What products do you specialize in, if I may ask?"

Lofkazza could come in handy providing a bit of muscle. But that of course was only if he needed the work.

 

[Isis Varida]

[member="Lady Kay"]

Shipbuilders huh... There was a look at the woman as Isis ran a hand along her head ridges smiling. "I represent Damorian Manufacturing, we make ships." Her attention was seeing the reaction from the woman while she was standing there. "Though we are always looking to have a fun time and make new contracts."

 

[Latrome]

[member="Isis Varida"] [member="Lady Kay"] [member="Matsu Ike"] [member="Moah"]

This Kay appeared to be a popular person. No sooner had she introduced herself than a crowd had formed around her asking her questions and debating trade and products. Uttering a low soft growl, his equivalent of a chuckle, the wookiee pulled out a large cigarra and lit it up. He had no goods to trade or precious cargo to sell, nor was he rich, but as long as they were talking he would listen. Free information, regardless of what kind, was good information.

Ever wary of his surroundings he kept his eye scanning the crowd and the people walking here and there. Curious stares and questionable faces walked by constantly. Letting his guard slip even for a moment could result in a sudden show down with slavers in the middle of the common place, or just a random fight with someone looking to prove them self. Neither of which interested the wookiee on such a day as this.

 

[Matsu Ike]

[member="Lady Kay"] [member="Lofkazza"]

Matsu was looking at the woman with a look on her face, thoughts about how to explain making small technoforce products for jedi or force users. She was looking at her small product list on the wrist pad though as she spoke seeing the woman. "Sasori makes armors and weapons along with teaching aids."

 

[Moah]

The pilot cocked his head to the side and his brow furrowed slightly at the Senator's introduction.

I've made a slight mistake.

Senator Kay-larr. He knew the name. She was known for campaigning against Hutt cartel slavers. He paused for a moment.

There was a non zero chance of this happening. In fact, the universe would be a strange place if this weren't the case. And no one knew Moah was a smuggler. Apart from the bartender. But he could turn this around to an opportunity. Having a Republic senator as an acquaintance could be useful in a pinch. The pilot put his drink down.

"An honor, senator Kay. Moah Ides, pilot. Good one."

The pilot turned to the Wookie. He looked relaxed, but you could never be sure with Wookies. Being warriors they knew not to give away their intentions before a real combat. Better to get on his good side.

"Going to get one of these famous brandies, let me get you one."

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[member="Matsu Ike"] [member="Lady Kay"] [Member="Lofkazza"] [member="Isis Varida"]

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="Lofkazza"] [member="Matsu Ike"] [member="Isis Varida"] [member="Moah"]


Kay nodded to Isis. Commenor didn't design their own ships so much as they manufactured ships that others had designed. "I'm sure that we could find a way to work together."

Her attention was then drawn to the Wookie. Did he just chuckle? Hopefully he didn't mind the crowd. She hadn't expected it to grow so quickly. But the prospects of new business seemed to have attracted a bunch of attention.

Kay then looked to Matsu as she spoke of weapons and armour. "Who do you make your products for? And by that I mean which governments?" She couldn't have products designed for the Republic's enemies go through the ports or else she'd be in big trouble.

Finally she looked to Moah as he introduced himself. "A pilot? What brings you here? Are you handling shipments?" Kay had to do an inspection of this port soon. If there were illegal goods being shipped, she had to try to catch it all. Gotta love responsibilities.

 

[Matsu Ike]

[member="Lady Kay"] [member="Moah"] [member="Lofkazza"]

"I make things for fledgling groups and force orders. No major governments as of yet." She sat there looking at the woman while leaning back and well really they hadn't made much for large groups. THe biggest ship she had worked on was the Will and that was because she was the only one willing to help.... Now she generally worked on augmentation equipment and making new ways to help her padawans or friends in the field. "We also have jedi come to us when they want special lightsabers designed."

 

[Isis Varida]

[member="Lady Kay"]

SHe was more the certain that they would be able to find a way to work together, more contracts could lead to better opportunities and the Liran wasn't against putting in the effort to get some good friends in business. "I am more then certain we will be able to find something in common."

 

[Khiltran]

Khiltran was sitting comfortably in his seat of his ship The Shadowalker. He was resting from a long week of bounty hunter jobs, it was good money, but it was hard work. But his rest was interrupted by the beeping noise of the ships communicator. The sound made him wake up abruptly. The sudden jolt upwards made him hit his head against the low roof of the cockpit, he grunted at the sudden pain and answered his communicator:

"Did I wake you up?" A familiar voice said from the communicator. "Yes..." Khiltran answered, with an annoyed tone. "Well, don't be so angry at me now, I've got some news for you. And you are going to thank me for it later"

Khiltran knew very well who this was. It was one of his many bounty hunter friends from Coruscant. His name was Kath Corman, or at least he is known that way, not everybody used their real name when dealing in the business Khiltran was involved in.

Khiltran sighted "So. What are these big news?"

"There is a Senator in the Commenor system looking for trade contracts to boost the economy of the city she is running. The best part about all of this is that the Hutt Cartel has a price on her head, supposedly because she is publicly against them. But you can actually take the contract if you want. If she is a senator, she will pay good money"

"I guess I'll check it out" Khiltran answered.

"Alright. Best of luck to you. The call was then ended.

A trade contract, huh? Khiltran said to himself while looking at the ships controls. He knew that just waiting around in a port in Mos Eisley wasn't going to get him any money. So, he fired up the ships engines, set the coordinates and then blasted off to Commenor.

After several hours of travel, he finally arrived in the busy trade world. He had been to many trade systems before, but this one was the busiest one he had ever seen. After finally arriving at the city, he landed his ship at one of the docks which coincidentally was the same city that the senator was. He got off his ship together with his two bodyguard droids, a Magnaguard droid and an IG-88 Assassin droid. As walked through the city he got many curious and even fearful looks, maybe because of the droids.

After walking for a while he felt another force user, someone more powerful than he was, maybe a jedi master? He looked around and spotted a group of people talking. The group seemed odd, a Wookie, a space pilot and a Jedi master. This must be the people he is looking for, but for now, preferred to observe from a distance for now. But he remained close by, close enough for one of the group's members to spot him. Well who wouldn't spot a dark force using Chiss accompanied by two assassin droids?

 

[Kay-Larr]

[member="Lofkazza"] [member="Matsu Ike"] [member="Isis Varida"] [member="Moah"] [member="Khiltran"]


Her attention was drawn to Matsu at the mention of lightsabers. "Oh?....I have a...friend..in need of a new lightsaber as hers was stolen and has yet to be recovered." Kay was a Force user herself, though not as strong as others. And it was a fact that she kept hidden from most, for she didn't want to be kicked out of the Senate because of it.

The newcomer sure stood out. As did the droids standing with him. It wasn't often that a Chiss arrived in these ports. But here he was and her gut instincts made her glad that the Wookie was there, for he was quite intimidating on his own. The others were also good to have around, though she hoped that things would be peaceful. She had inspections to do later and she had surprise on her side to catch them if they were shipping or storing anything illegal.