Seeding the ship: Sekotan Shipyards (Open for anyone)

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Her eyes, cool and blue as glacial ice, blinked as she finished her meditation. For a week now she had prepared for the long meditation needed to bond with the seeds of her first ship. She was apprehensive as she often found herself when she faced something she had not endeavored to try before but her mother and the Shapers had told her it was safe and if she was at peace with Zenoma Sekot then the world would help her along.

 

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Slowly she walked into the chamber full of the living seed pods that may or may not choose to bond with her. The small spiked spheres were so vivid in the force so alive. It was truely a privilege if even a few chose to bond with her.

Her heart swelled with pride and emotions of joy threatened to overwhelm her. She took a deep breath and stood straight and tall as she was taught, then walked to the center of the chamber.

 

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She stood alone as the door closed and sealed her in. The pods shook imperceptibly at her presence as if "feeling" her as much as she felt them. She tried not to smile, tried not to let her emotions show but alone with nought but the seed partners near her she couldn't help the broad smile that parted her full lips.

Her eyes flicked up for but a moment before the seeds began to launch at her from the ceiling and walls. She stretched out her arms as if to offer an embrace as the small spikes pelted her and she was buried by the many seeds.

 

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Sharp pain filled her mind at first as the seeds quite litterally bonded to her pale tattooed flesh. Even her long dress like robes common to her people was torn at the seeds bonded to her.

The pain that was there for a moment and subsided as she began to feel the life in the seeds pulsating like tiny hearts beating as one. Their presences stuttered as if slowly reading her own biometrics and attempting to synchronize with hers and one another. This process could take days and she had no idea as yet how many seed partners she had aquired.

 

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After a short time the door opened and the crafters came in to clear the room and help her out. Her smile was quickly hidden beneath a mask of calm indifference as she endeavored to be as adult as she could but the fact the seeds had responded so quickly and easily made her swell with pride.

"I count ten." One male crafter said as they helped her back to her feet.

"Is that a good number, sirs?" She asked unsure if she had done well or not.

"Wait eleven." He said as the two males helped her from the chamber, one holding each of her arms, "very good, miss but focus on the seeds now. We'll take you to your quarters to rest and bond."

 

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She walked silently from there and was calmly guided to her room as the seeds continued to change in her perception. They were amazing and she couldn't help but reach for them in the force. They were magnificent in her eyes and she could easily forget the pain of their small barbs.

She settled on her bed and tried to read quietly as the two beings left her to the process of bonding. After minutes she decided she may as well read out loud as she had been told that helped some things grow. Whether it was true or not made little difference her excitement said it was worth it and so she read on.

 

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....SEVEN DAYS LATER....

They had come daily to check on her and she had refused the removal as long as she could. They had said the longer the better and she was content to ignore the discomfort now for the betterment of her future ship and companion.

However, this time when they came she was already on her feet and waiting with her hands folded in front of her waiting.

"Ready now Miss Rin." The man, Jhadep, said.

"Yes, Sir. I am prepared." she replied her blue eyes shinning despite the fatigue and discomfort.

The man nodded and took her arm in his and with a team now they walked to the extraction chamber to have the now developed seeds removed and opened.

 

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She winced as the used specialized tools to carefully remove the seeds and placed them on a large anti-gravity sled. She watched as all eleven pods were sat together and the Yuuzhan Vong attendant her mother had sent began attending to her health.

"Will they be safe?" He asked unaware of the next few stwps of the process.

"Yes, Ms. Rin. Please follow us for the rest of the process. It's best if you're not far from the bonded seeds for now. The yorik coral frame is already in place."

"You used yorik coral for me?"

"Of course. Sekot arranged it."

"I am honored. I will do as you bid me, of course."

 

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The next step made her wince as much if not more than the bonding process ever could. The seeds were one by one placed into another chamber as she stood behind a saftey shield. The seeds were then bombarded with what appeared to be lightning. The arcing bolts of electricity dropped from the chamber's ceiling and illuminated the room with white light and coursed along the seeds until the spikey outer shell split with a loud pop and the electricity was stopped.

She winced again and again with each pop and kindly worried for the saftey of the fruits within. Her blue eyes drifted over each fruit as it was removed and placed on the sled again and prepared for transport to the shapping chamber.

 

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The worst seemed over. The process had been a success as the crafters knew it would be. She had doubted but it appeared the seeds were designed to open only under like circumstances. She followed along as the builders lead the way to the shapping area. The smells of the cooked husk from the seeds still clung to her nose as she walked the green and grey corridor. Many Yuuzhan Vong walked and moved about in this area as they had learned to put their talents to good use.

She nodded and smiled at those she knew as she passed and finally entered the place in which her ship would finally be made, no, born. Where her ship would be born. Her full lips split her face as she smiled showing her gleaming white teeth. She wasted no time in walking to the frame where she would sit as the ship was litterally shaped around her. She wrapped her long braid around her neck like a scarf and as she ran her pale fingers along the yorik coral. It would be the skeleton of a new life, a living ship that would join her in her life. She would have to give her a name. Something she would think on while the ship was built.

 

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She settled down in the ship as instructed and watched silently as the shapers began the work of creating the vessel around her. The fruit was molded and arranged according to Sekot's specifications, her request, her size and preferences. It would be a long process but this was life that was being made not just transportation. When you looked at it from a certain point of view the ship would be more than just a living being with thoughts of its own. It would be a part of her. It had shared her DNA already and bonded as seeds soon they would share a telepathic link and as such would be as close as any two creatures could be without being born of the same parents.

Carefully the shapers worked and added the organoform circuitry that would in a sense be the ship's nervous system. The addition of a hyperdrive and other basic systems such as shields etc were done as well.

Soon she could feel the being, its sharp mind reaching for her own and the two together considered the final adjustments to its form and abilities. Yaret-kors were decided upon as primary weapons as was a dovan basel instead of standard shields as had been planned. The large transparent viewport was made for her to see and circuitry for the ship to also have senses were finished. It was amazing to Ulu and soon the ship was finished.

 

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She rested her head on the ship console from which she would pilot and stayed their listening to it settle as the shapers declared the ship a success.

"I will call you Khot." She said, "It means beloved in my tongue. Do you like it?"

The ship pressed on her mind gently warm feelings crossing the bond. They would stay together for several days while Khot got used to its life and then in time they would leave for the stars.