She was a good salesman, she had the entire crew listening intently, a silence only broken by the sip of booze and the jingle of cups. Alejandro was a pirate of the Outer Rim, He wasn't privy to Galactic Politics. He understood alliances and governments but the mention of a 'Darth' most definitely raised several eyebrows.
She was friends with a Sith!? One called
Darth Metus
and he was apparently in one way or another connected to the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The CIS was a powerful faction that spanned the galaxy and much of the Core. They fielded vast armies of fleets that humble pirates would find god-like. There were terms, names and concepts they didint really understand, but there were some that He did.
One was the minister of Science in the Confederacy and the other was the Obsidian Order, that last one Alejandro has no clue what it was, it sounded important though. They made it clear that they were entierly independent, entierly separated from the Confederacy yet they both held incredibly powerful positions in the same.
If it wasn't for these small details, He could have made a decision right then and there. As it was the three Pirate Lords of the fleet would need to all choose and three was perfect, there was never a tie. Alejandro himself would vote to join Dagatan, His mind was made up as soon as they got here.
First they brought booze and they weren't cheap about it, Second both the Baronees and The Pirate Queen looked drop dead gorgeous. If he was going to get orders at some point in a battle, He really liked to have eye candy while doing so. Third and most importantly they came Honest, they didint Bantha Crap him. They could have, at any moment, fed him some crap about pirate freedom and kept quiet about their more dubious alliances that did take this decision to a vote.
They didn't, they were upfront, He saw that. They were also apparently loaded enough to bring liquid gold to be drunk amongst the mob. Alejandro opened his mouth to speak, placing his glass beside him when
Cord Starfall
made a comment about military vessels.
He was about to respond to that when
Thia Sas
came back with
Mordok The Fallen
,
Alyson Halle
,
Cedric Grayson
,
R1-3G
and
Kahlil Noble
. He smiled at the Nautolan and nodded cheerfully.
"Thanks dollface, they would have never gotten out of there"
He got up from his chair, pressed his suit and addressed everyone present while pulling up the map of their current orbit. There just as Cord had said there were several military ships, one of which was an ancient battle ship from Ession.
There was a Patrol Ship in orbit, sensors detected a recon patrol. No, this wasn't normal. Maybe these Pirates had a chance to show what they could do in combat. The Oasis parked outside of the lounge, its hangars opened for all the guests of honor to be transported to the Duke's Master grand opening.
"Allright everyone, we apparently have company" He paused, looking at the row of cutthroats in the back already pulling out guns, vibrodaggers and bombs.
"Uninvited company..." This remark drew laughter and chuckles from the crew, most of which lived for this kind of crap.
"
Thia Sas
, Turbo, Jakes and
Mordok The Fallen
, Get into the Dark Crystal and head out to orbit. Board and sword, text book. Skritch Scion and
Kahlil Noble
, Take the Valiants and The Ardents behind the Crystal and escort the Boyz.
Alyson Halle
and
R1-3G
, take the Boi in the Oasis with the Cruiser to the Duke's and keep him safe."
Alejandro picked up the Golden Rifle, secured his
Utility Belt, holstered his
Sunshot and called his purple lightsaber to his hands. As the thing levitated he looked at
Cord Starfall
and the Baronees
Visanj T'shkali
. He grinned, if they were really our kind of people, this would be the highlight of the entire meeting. He picked up a bottle of the reserve and downed the entire thing, chugging it to the roar of his crewmen and the jeers of battle. He then put the mouth of the bottle down so that not even a single drop touched the floor.
"We're out of whiskey and rum sisters" He threw the bottle up and one of his met shot it above their heads, bathing them all in crystals and glass.
"Let's go get more!"