Tuesday, March 15, 2005

First Jaunt after Surgery: Saladrim & the Yacht

My initial checks on the Temple showed it was clean and well maintained. Max's scent was on the air, so he must have been here recently to ensure all was well. *grateful* So I called up my swoop and headed to Azrith to catch the shuttle over to Mining Outpost here on Dantooine ... just to see what was going on. I had this... feeling... to go there...

BUSY! CROWDED! I almost left right away. *tense* Then Saladrim walked up to me, placing himself between me and the crowds. *smile* I wonder if he knows he is doing this or does it unconsciously. He has been one of the few docs in the public that I trust. He is keenly intuitive. We chatted lightly in the open air while hunters rushed about. With his usual shyness, he told me he is now mayor of the WIKAN guild city here on Dantooine. We have a language barrier as his basic is rough. He speaks mostly Spanish, one of the human dialects. I think he is embarrassed that he has difficulty. I understand him just fine though. And he understands me. He suddenly beamed and nearly bounced with joy as he showed me his Master Pilot certification. *smile* Then he proudly announced that he has a Yacht... a YT1300... and asked if I would like to come up and see it. As a chance to get out of the now growing crowd... absolutely!

Davh, another WIKAN guild member, stopped by as we headed to the starport. Pleasantries were exchanged, but Davh had a hunt mission to go to.

Saladrim took my arm gentlemanly, and escorted me to his ship. As we boarded he asked about the preganancy and my health, nodded approval that I was seeing a specialist. Noted I was different as I explained the child was incubation and safe. He smiled. Nodded. And walked me aboard his ship. He sensed I would not tell him more on the issue but was glad to see me well for a change.

The yacht was INCREDIBLE! HUGE! Saladrim gave me a tour. We started in the cockpit which seats FOUR! As we walked abut the ship he explained the different rooms and stuff. There are panels on the inside where people can make repairs from the inside while still in space. Looted cargo gets tractor-beamed into the cargo holds. And there are a few large rooms. One was set-up like a meeting room. He is so proud of this ship of his. It is a yacht like the Sorosuub but can fight as well! It is the same schematics as the legendary Millenium Falcon. This was a ton of fun!! We landed after a short hop through space, back in the Mining Outpost.

He had to meet up with his guild. I sat and pulled some food from my pack to eat while I listened to the news in the starport.

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